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 offset DST
FM +0725+15147 Pacific/Chuuk Chuuk/Truk, Yap +10:00 +10:00
FM +0519+16259 Pacific/Kosrae Kosrae +11:00 +11:00
FM +0658+15813 Pacific/Pohnpei Pohnpei/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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