The Federated States of Micronesia, a country in Oceania consisting of around 607 islands, observes two time zones,[1] UTC+10:00 in its western part, and UTC+11:00 in its eastern part.[2] Micronesia does not have an associated daylight saving time.[3]

Micronesia lies just north of the equator, west of the international date line.[4]

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Micronesia is given the following three time zones:[5]

c.c.* coordinates* TZ* Comments UTC offsetDST
FM+0725+15147Pacific/ChuukChuuk/Truk, Yap +10:00 +10:00
FM+0519+16259Pacific/KosraeKosrae +11:00 +11:00
FM+0658+15813Pacific/PohnpeiPohnpei/Ponape +11:00 +11:00

References

  1. Micronesia, Federated States of at The World Factbook. "note 1: Micronesia has two time zones". Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. Timezones in Micronesia. WorldData.info. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. Time Zones in Micronesia. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. Maps of Micronesia. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. Australasia (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.


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