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For administrative purposes, the time zones had to be adjusted. To solve it, the government of
Kiribati introduced a change of date for its eastern half on 31 December 1994, from time zones UTC−11:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC+14:00. Before this, UTC+13:00 and UTC+14:00 did not exist.
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The revision of
Kiribati's time zone meant that the international date line in effect moved 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) eastwards to go around this country, so that the Line Islands, including the inhabited
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Islands. Gilbert was west of the international dateline and the Phoenix and Line Islands were east of it. This meant that the Gilbert Islands were nearly a full day ahead of the eastern islands.
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Kiribati. Data below is for Kiribati directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database. Columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:
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island, started the year 2000 on its territory before any other country on Earth, a feature the
Kiribati government capitalised on as a potential tourist draw.
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Time (LINT; UTC+14:00). UTC+14:00 is the most advanced time zone in the world, making
Kiribati one of the first countries to celebrate a
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The three given time zones are for the three primary island groups that form
Kiribati, and their associated atolls:
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Republic of Kiribati was founded in 1979, it had three time zones: UTC+12:00 in the Gilbert Islands,
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also used to observe UTC+14:00 during their daylight saving time, but not since 2021.
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Meridians, Parallels, and the International Date Line
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goes around Kiribati and swings far to the east, almost reaching the
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190:Although Kiribati spans both the
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480:Samoa opts for daylight saving
101:31 December 1994 (+13 and +14)
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156:. Kiribati does not observe
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612:. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
602:Lane, Megan (10 May 2011)
540:. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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