Time in Taiwan
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 National Standard Time digital clock ofBureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection(BSMI), Taiwan. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | Quốc giaTiêu chuẩnThời gian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | Quốc giaTiêu chuẩnThời gian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National Standard Time[I]is the officialtime zoneinTaiwandefined by anUTC offsetof+08:00.This standard is also known asTaipei Time(Đài bắc thời gian),Taiwan Time(Đài loan thời gian) orTaiwan Standard Time(TST).[1]
History[edit]
| Time offset | Name | Character | Romanization | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC+08:00 | Western Standard Time | Tây bộ tiêu chuẩn thời | Seibu Hyōjunji | 1896-01-01 | 1937-09-30 |
| UTC+09:00 | Central Standard Time | Trung ương tiêu chuẩn thời | Chūō Hyōjunji | 1937-10-01 | 1945-09-20 |
| UTC+08:00 | Western Standard Time | Tây bộ tiêu chuẩn thời | Seibu Hyōjunji | 1945-09-21 | 1945-10-25 |
| UTC+08:00 | Chungyuan Standard Time | Trung nguyên tiêu chuẩn thời gian | Zhōngyuán Biāozhǔn Shíjiān | 1945-10-25 | Early 2000s |
| UTC+08:00 | National Standard Time | Quốc gia tiêu chuẩn thời gian | Guójiā Biāozhǔn Shíjiān | 2000s |
The firsttime zonestandard inTaiwanwas enforced on 1 January 1896,[2]the second year ofTaiwan under Japanese rule.The standard was calledWestern Standard Time(Tây bộ tiêu chuẩn thời)with time offset ofUTC+08:00,based on 120°E longitude. On 1 October 1937, the Western Standard Time zone was abolished and theCentral Standard Time(Trung ương tiêu chuẩn thời),with time offset ofUTC+09:00,was enforced in the entire country ofJapanincludingTaiwan.This time was used until the end of theSecond World War.On 21 September 1945, theGovernor-General of Taiwanannounced that the order issued in 1937 was revoked.[3]Time Memorial Day was observed every 10 June from 1921 to 1941, which led to an increase in the observance of an official time.[2]
After the war's end, Taiwan was annexed to thefive time zones systemof theRepublic of China.It was classified in the "Chungyuan Standard Time" with a time offset ofUTC+08:00.After theChinese Civil Warin 1949, theGovernment of the Republic of Chinaretreated to Taiwan and lost nearly all the territory inmainland China.Since then, the five time zones system was no longer implemented except for the Chungyuan Standard Time in Taiwan. Because the term "Chungyuan" (Zhongyuan) refers to the Central Plain of China, the government gradually phased out the name in favor of "National Standard Time". However, some radio channels continued using "Chungyuan", most notably theBroadcasting Corporation of Chinauntil 2007.[4][5]Other alternatives include "Taiwan Standard Time" (Đài loan tiêu chuẩn thời gian) and "Taipei Time" (Đài bắc thời gian).
Daylight saving timewas implemented inTaiwanafter the Second World War on the summer of 1946–1961, 1974, 1975, 1979.[6]
In October 2017, a petition took place to change the offset toUTC+09:00,which was responded by an assessment of potential impact by thegovernment.[7]
| Standard time in Taiwan since 1896 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Date | Change of time | Notes | UTC offsetafter the Change |
| 1896 | January 1 | — | Introduction of Western Standard Time | 8:00 |
| 1937 | October 1 | +1:00 | Introduction of Central Standard Time | 9:00 |
| 1945 | September 21 | -1:00 | Introduction of Western Standard Time | 8:00 |
| 1945 | October 25 | 0:00 | Introduction of Chungyuan Standard Time | 8:00 |
| 1946 | May 15 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1947 | April 15 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| November 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1948 | May 1 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1949 | May 1 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1950 | May 1 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1951 | May 1 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1952 | March 1 | +1:00 | Start of daylight saving time | 9:00 |
| November 1 | -1:00 | End of daylight saving time | 8:00 | |
| 1953 | April 1 | +1:00 | Start of daylight saving time | 9:00 |
| November 1 | -1:00 | End of daylight saving time | 8:00 | |
| 1954 | April 1 | +1:00 | Start of daylight saving time | 9:00 |
| November 1 | -1:00 | End of daylight saving time | 8:00 | |
| 1955 | April 1 | +1:00 | Start of daylight saving time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of daylight saving time | 8:00 | |
| 1956 | April 1 | +1:00 | Start of daylight saving time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of daylight saving time | 8:00 | |
| 1957 | April 1 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1958 | April 1 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1959 | April 1 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1960 | June 1 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1961 | June 1 | +1:00 | Start of summer time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of summer time | 8:00 | |
| 1974 | April 1 | +1:00 | Start of daylight saving time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of daylight saving time | 8:00 | |
| 1975 | April 1 | +1:00 | Start of daylight saving time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of daylight saving time | 8:00 | |
| 1979 | July 1 | +1:00 | Start of daylight saving time | 9:00 |
| October 1 | -1:00 | End of daylight saving time | 8:00 | |
| Early 2000s | 0:00 | Introduction of National Standard Time | 8:00 | |
Present development[edit]
National Standard Time is now managed by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) under theMinistry of Economic Affairs.[8]The time is released according to the caesiumatomic clocksaggregated by National Standard Time and Frequency Laboratory underChunghwa Telecomafter consulting the data provided byInternational Bureau of Weights and Measures.[9][10]
National Standard Time used inTaiwanis also the same asChina,Hong Kong,Macau,UlaanbaatarMongolia,Philippines,Malaysia,Singapore,Western Australia,Bruneiand CentralIndonesia.
IANA time zone database[edit]
TheIANA time zone databasecontains one zone for Taiwan, namedAsia/Taipei.
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | comments* | Standard time | Summer time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TW | +2503+12130 | Asia/Taipei | UTC+08:00 | — |
Notes[edit]
Words in native languages[edit]
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- Traditional Chinese script:Quốc gia tiêu chuẩn thời gian
- MandarinPinyin:Guójiā biāozhǔn shíjiān
- Hokkien:Kok-ka piau-chún sî-kan
References[edit]
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- ^abHan Cheung (7 June 2020)."Taiwan in Time: Colonial masters of time".Taipei Times.Retrieved7 June2020.
- ^wikisource:ja: Đài loan ノ tiêu chuẩn thời ニ quan スル kiện ( chiêu hòa nhị thập niên đài loan tổng đốc phủ cáo kỳ đệ tam bách bát thập lục hào )
- ^"Trung nguyên tiêu chuẩn thời gian tảo dĩ bất thích dụng - sinh hoạt - tự do thời báo điện tử báo".Tự do điện tử báo(in Chinese). 2005-06-25.Retrieved2020-04-01.
- ^"“Trung nguyên tiêu chuẩn thời gian” trung quảng báo thời bất phục kiến ".TVBS(in Chinese (Taiwan)).Retrieved2020-04-01.
- ^Yu-Cheng Chuang (Jul 11, 2014) [ đài loan nhật quang tiết ước thời gian chi khảo cưhttps://blog.yorkxin.org/posts/2014/07/11/dst-in-taiwan-study/]
- ^"Ngã quốc ứng điều chỉnh thời khu chí GMT +9".join.gov.tw(in Traditional Chinese).Retrieved1 January2018.
- ^"National Standard Time and Frequency Laboratory"(in Chinese). Archived fromthe originalon 31 December 2005.Retrieved9 January2006.
- ^Calvin Lin (November 1998).Thời gian võng trạm - miểu đích do lai(in Chinese). Archived fromthe originalon 5 December 2005.Retrieved9 January2006.
- ^"National Standard Time and Frequency Laboratory - History and Introduction"(in Chinese). Archived fromthe originalon 24 April 2017.Retrieved9 January2006.
External links[edit]
- Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Republic of China
- National Standard Time and Frequency LaboratoryArchived2019-10-30 at theWayback Machine
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