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The Indonesian archipelago geographically stretches across four time zones from UTC+6 in Aceh to UTC+9 in Western Papua. However, The Indonesian government only recognizes three time zones in its territory:
Contents
- Current usage
- Indonesia Western Standard Time
- Indonesia Central Standard Time
- Indonesia Eastern Standard Time
- Historical usage
- Standarization Time Zone Indonesia 1932
- IANA time zone database
- References
The boundary between the western and central time zones established is a line running north between Java and Bali through the center of Kalimantan. The border between central and eastern time zones runs north from the eastern tip of Timor to the eastern tip of Sulawesi.
Daylight saving time is not currently observed in almost all of Indonesia due to its tropical location, resulting in those areas using their respective time zone all year long. The only unofficial exception of this is Muara Teweh and Maurainu, which unofficially uses Western Indonesian Daylight Time.
Current usage
In Indonesia, the keeping of standard time is divided into three time zones:
Indonesia Western Standard Time
Indonesia Western Standard Time (IWST) (WIB, Indonesian: Waktu Indonesia Barat) (UTC+07:00) is observed in:
IANA time zone database identifiers are "Asia/Jakarta" and "Asia/Pontianak"
Indonesia Central Standard Time
Indonesia Central Standard Time (ICST) (WITA, Indonesian: Waktu Indonesia Tengah) (UTC+08:00) is observed in:
IANA time zone database identifier is "Asia/Makassar"
Indonesia Eastern Standard Time
Indonesia Eastern Standard Time (IEST) (WIT, Indonesian: Waktu Indonesia Timur) (UTC+09:00) is observed in:
IANA time zone database identifier is "Asia/Jayapura"
It observed since January 1, 1988 (based Keputusan Presiden No. 41 tahun 1987). Before it, Western and Central Kalimantan used ICST, and Bali used IWST from January 1, 1964 (based Keputusan Presiden No. 243 tahun 1963)
Historical usage
During the colonial era until early independence, the time in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) was regulated as follows:
Standarization Time Zone Indonesia 1932
Daylight saving time was observed in Jakarta from May 1, 1948 to May 1, 1950. It's UTC offset during daylight saving time is UTC+08:00.
It observed from November 1, 1932 to March 22, 1942, and from September 23, 1945 to December 31, 1963, except West Irian, ever observed it until 1944 and Jakarta, ever observed it all, except from May 1, 1948 to May 1, 1950.
From March 23, 1942 to September 22, 1945, All region in Indonesia, except West Irian used Japan Standard Time (JST) (UTC+09:00) for the sake of the effectiveness of military operations Japan in Indonesia
IANA time zone database
The IANA time zone database contains four zones for Indonesia in the file zone.tab.