
The Chamorro Time Zone, formerly the Guam Time Zone, is a
United States time zone which observes
standard time
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ten hours ahead of
Coordinated Universal Time
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(
UTC+10:00). The clock time in this zone is based on the
mean solar time
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of the
150th meridian east
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The 150th meridian east forms a gr ...
of the
Greenwich Observatory
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.
The zone includes the
U.S. territories
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of
Guam
Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic ce ...
and the
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwe ...
, where the
Chamorro people
The Chamorro people (; also CHamoru) are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, politically divided between the United States territory of Guam and the encompassing Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia. Today, si ...
are the original inhabitants. Since
Daylight Saving Time
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(DST) is not observed anywhere in this zone, the time is always known as Chamorro Standard Time (ChST).
The zone is two hours behind
Wake Island Time Zone {{Short description, UTC+12:00
The Wake Island Time Zone observes standard time by adding twelve hours to Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+12:00). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 180th degree meridian east of t ...
and 15 hours ahead of North American
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a sma ...
. As of March 8, 2020, it is the easternmost (farthest ahead) time zone shown on the U.S. government's time.gov webpage. Although
Wake,
Howland and
Baker Islands
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History
Ancient history
Since grains ha ...
are U.S. territories in more easterly time zones (that are not shown), they are uninhabited.
Chamorro Standard Time shares the same time as
Australian Eastern Standard Time
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. The State of
Queensland
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also does not observe DST, so the CNMI, Guam and Queensland are on the same time year round.
Populated areas and major cities
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Hagåtña, Guam
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Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 est ...
History
The U.S. Congress formally created Chamorro Standard Time by federal Public Law 106-564 on December 23, 2000. Prior thereto, ''Guam'' Standard Time existed per territorial Public Law 5-25 (1959)
[Guam Code Annotated, Title 1, Section 1010]
text
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. This statute is still on the territorial law books, though is preempted by the federal law.
The Northern Mariana Islands, as part of the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994.
History
Spain initially claimed the islands that later composed the territory of the Trus ...
, were not part of any American time zone prior to becoming a U.S. Commonwealth on January 1, 1978. But being directly north of Guam, they observed the same time.
See also
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Time zone
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Time offset
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Wake Island Time Zone {{Short description, UTC+12:00
The Wake Island Time Zone observes standard time by adding twelve hours to Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+12:00). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 180th degree meridian east of t ...
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Samoa Time Zone
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The Samoa Time Zone or Samoa Standard Time (SST) observes standard time by subtracting eleven hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-11:00). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 165th ...
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Hawaii-Aleutian time zone
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Alaska Time Zone
The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−09:00). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours ( UTC−08:00). The clock time in this zone is based on mean solar ...
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Pacific Time Zone
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Mountain Time Zone
The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time ( UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time ( UTC−06:00). The cl ...
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Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordina ...
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Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a sma ...
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Atlantic Time Zone
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Time in the United States
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References
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Current time around the world
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Time zones in the United States