Pacific/Tongatapu

Time zone identifier: Pacific/Tongatapu

Current civil offset: +13:00 (+13)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1945-09-09

Local Mean Time (LMT): +12:19:12 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 10 transitions across 4 distinct offsets

Associated countries: TO

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Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

+11:00 +12:00 +13:00 +14:00 +15:00 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Text summary: Pacific/Tongatapu shifted between 4 distinct offsets from 1945-09-09 through the modern era.

Complete Transition History (10 Transitions)

UTC Instant Local Wall Time Shift Abbreviation DST Effect
1945-09-09T11:40:48Z 1945-09-10 00:00:48 +12:19:12 → +12:20 +1220 No gap
1960-12-31T11:40:00Z 1961-01-01 00:40:00 +12:20 → +13:00 +13 No gap
1999-10-06T13:00:00Z 1999-10-07 03:00:00 +13:00 → +14:00 +14 Yes gap
2000-03-18T13:00:00Z 2000-03-19 02:00:00 +14:00 → +13:00 +13 No overlap
2000-11-04T13:00:00Z 2000-11-05 03:00:00 +13:00 → +14:00 +14 Yes gap
2001-01-27T12:00:00Z 2001-01-28 01:00:00 +14:00 → +13:00 +13 No overlap
2001-11-03T13:00:00Z 2001-11-04 03:00:00 +13:00 → +14:00 +14 Yes gap
2002-01-26T12:00:00Z 2002-01-27 01:00:00 +14:00 → +13:00 +13 No overlap
2016-11-05T13:00:00Z 2016-11-06 03:00:00 +13:00 → +14:00 +14 Yes gap
2017-01-14T13:00:00Z 2017-01-15 02:00:00 +14:00 → +13:00 +13 No overlap

Notes from the Maintainers

Source: australasia (Lines 840 to 840)
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.