Asia/Manila

Time zone identifier: Asia/Manila

Current civil offset: +08:00 (PST)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1844-12-31

Local Mean Time (LMT): -15:56:08 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 14 transitions across 4 distinct offsets

Associated countries: PH

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Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

-17:00 -16:00 -15:00 -14:00 -13:00 -12:00 -11:00 -10:00 -9:00 -8:00 -7:00 -6:00 -5:00 -4:00 -3:00 -2:00 -1:00 +0:00 +1:00 +2:00 +3:00 +4:00 +5:00 +6:00 +7:00 +8:00 +9:00 +10:00 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Text summary: Asia/Manila shifted between 4 distinct offsets from 1844-12-31 through the modern era.

Complete Transition History (14 Transitions)

UTC Instant Local Wall Time Shift Abbreviation DST Effect
1844-12-31T15:56:08Z 1845-01-01 00:00:00 -15:56:08 → +08:03:52 LMT No gap
1899-09-06T04:00:00Z 1899-09-06 12:00:00 +08:03:52 → +08:00 PST No overlap
1936-10-31T16:00:00Z 1936-11-01 01:00:00 +08:00 → +09:00 PDT Yes gap
1937-01-15T15:00:00Z 1937-01-15 23:00:00 +09:00 → +08:00 PST No overlap
1941-12-15T16:00:00Z 1941-12-16 01:00:00 +08:00 → +09:00 PDT Yes gap
1942-02-11T15:00:00Z 1942-02-12 00:00:00 +09:00 → +09:00 JST No offset-only
1945-03-03T15:00:00Z 1945-03-04 00:00:00 +09:00 → +09:00 PDT Yes offset-only
1945-11-30T15:00:00Z 1945-11-30 23:00:00 +09:00 → +08:00 PST No overlap
1954-04-11T16:00:00Z 1954-04-12 01:00:00 +08:00 → +09:00 PDT Yes gap
1954-06-04T15:00:00Z 1954-06-04 23:00:00 +09:00 → +08:00 PST No overlap
1977-03-27T16:00:00Z 1977-03-28 01:00:00 +08:00 → +09:00 PDT Yes gap
1977-09-21T15:00:00Z 1977-09-21 23:00:00 +09:00 → +08:00 PST No overlap
1990-05-20T16:00:00Z 1990-05-21 01:00:00 +08:00 → +09:00 PDT Yes gap
1990-07-28T15:00:00Z 1990-07-28 23:00:00 +09:00 → +08:00 PST No overlap

Notes from the Maintainers

Source: asia (Lines 3786 to 3786)
Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Years on Record

Methodology Note: The 1970 Rule

tzdb guarantees accuracy for timestamps from 1970 onwards. Transitions prior to 1970 represent best-effort historical reconstructions.