Asia/Taipei

Time zone identifier: Asia/Taipei

Current civil offset: +08:00 (CST)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1895-12-31

Local Mean Time (LMT): +08:06 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 41 transitions across 3 distinct offsets

Associated countries: TW

Aliases (Link targets): ROC

Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

Text summary: Asia/Taipei shifted between 3 distinct offsets from 1895-12-31 through the modern era.

Complete Transition History (41 Transitions)

UTC Instant	Local Wall Time	Shift	Abbreviation	DST	Effect
`1895-12-31T15:54:00Z`	`1895-12-31 23:54:00`	+08:06 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1937-09-30T16:00:00Z`	`1937-10-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`JST`	No	gap
`1945-09-20T16:00:00Z`	`1945-09-21 00:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1946-05-14T16:00:00Z`	`1946-05-15 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1946-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1946-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1947-04-14T16:00:00Z`	`1947-04-15 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1947-10-31T15:00:00Z`	`1947-10-31 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1948-04-30T16:00:00Z`	`1948-05-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1948-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1948-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1949-04-30T16:00:00Z`	`1949-05-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1949-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1949-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1950-04-30T16:00:00Z`	`1950-05-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1950-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1950-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1951-04-30T16:00:00Z`	`1951-05-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1951-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1951-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1952-02-29T16:00:00Z`	`1952-03-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1952-10-31T15:00:00Z`	`1952-10-31 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1953-03-31T16:00:00Z`	`1953-04-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1953-10-31T15:00:00Z`	`1953-10-31 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1954-03-31T16:00:00Z`	`1954-04-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1954-10-31T15:00:00Z`	`1954-10-31 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1955-03-31T16:00:00Z`	`1955-04-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1955-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1955-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1956-03-31T16:00:00Z`	`1956-04-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1956-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1956-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1957-03-31T16:00:00Z`	`1957-04-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1957-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1957-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1958-03-31T16:00:00Z`	`1958-04-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1958-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1958-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1959-03-31T16:00:00Z`	`1959-04-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1959-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1959-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1960-05-31T16:00:00Z`	`1960-06-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1960-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1960-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1961-05-31T16:00:00Z`	`1961-06-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1961-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1961-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1974-03-31T16:00:00Z`	`1974-04-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1974-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1974-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1975-03-31T16:00:00Z`	`1975-04-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1975-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1975-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap
`1979-06-30T16:00:00Z`	`1979-07-01 01:00:00`	+08:00 → +09:00	`CDT`	Yes	gap
`1979-09-30T15:00:00Z`	`1979-09-30 23:00:00`	+09:00 → +08:00	`CST`	No	overlap

Notes from the Maintainers

Source: asia (Lines 975 to 977)

Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Taipei or Taibei or T'ai-pei

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.