UTC+08:30
| UTC+08:30 | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | |
| UTC offset | |
| UTC | UTC+08:30 |
| Current time | |
| 01:56, 18 July 2024UTC+08:30[refresh] | |
| Centralmeridian | |
| 127.5 degrees E | |
| Date-time group | |
| H* | |
UTC+08:30is an identifier for atime offset from UTCof +08:30.
History[edit]
This time zone became theLocal Mean TimeinDavao Orientaland in easternmost areas of the Philippines from Wednesday, January 1, 1845, until May 10, 1899 (Gregorian calendar), mandated by the virtue of Claveria's decree to reform the country calendar by skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844, that redrew theInternational Date Linefrom being west of the country to go east and made the Philippines have same dates with the rest of Asia. Therefore, the whole archipelago was transferred from the date of the western hemisphere to the eastern hemisphere. It was an entire day behind its neighboring Asian territories for 323 years, 9 months, and 4 days since Magellan's arrival in Limasawa on Saturday, March 16, 1521 (Julian Calendar), which caused by the tricky and unmentioned international date line during the 16th century.[1]
UTC+08:30 was Standard Time of South Korea from 1954 to 1961[2]and it was the time zone of North Korea from 2015[3]to 2018.[4]This time was also used forChangpai Time Zonein northeast China between 1918 and 1949.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Berto (July 28, 2022)."Claveria's Reform".The Philippines Today.RetrievedMarch 18,2023.
- ^"Correct many pre-1989 entries for Korea. · eggert/tz@929c14a".GitHub.Retrieved7 August2015.
- ^"North Korea to introduce new timezone this month".BNO News.7 August 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 25 September 2015.Retrieved9 May2021.
- ^"North Korea changes its time zone".BBC News.5 May 2018.Retrieved9 May2021.