What is Samoa Time Zone?
[[image:timezoneswest.PNG|thumb|right|250px|SST is [[UTC-11:00]]]] The '''Samoa Time Zone'''<ref>[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/263- United States Code Title 15 Section 263]</ref> or '''Samoa Standard Time''' ('''SST''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/sst|title=Samoa Standard Time – SST Time Zone}}</ref> uses [[standard time]] by subtracting eleven hours from [[Coordinated Universal Time]] ([[UTC-11:00]]). The zone includes the [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territory]] of [[American Samoa]], as well as the [[Midway Islands]] and the uninhabited islands of [[Jarvis Island|Jarvis]], [[Palmyra Atoll|Palmyra]], and [[Kingman Reef]]. It also includes the country of [[Niue]]. The zone is one hour behind [[Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone]] and one hour ahead of the [[UTC-12:00|Howland and Baker islands]], and 23 hours behind [[Wake Island Time Zone]]. The nation of [[Samoa]] also used the same time as the Samoa Time Zone until it moved across the [[International Date Line]] at the end of 29 December 2011; it is now 24 hours (25 hours in southern hemisphere summer) in front of American Samoa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/862729-samoa-to-change-time-zones-and-move-forward-by-a-day|title=Samoa to change time zones and move forward by a day|publisher=Metro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906164240/http://www.metro.co.uk/news/862729-samoa-to-change-time-zones-and-move-forward-by-a-day |archive-date=2011-09-06 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/samoa-to-move-the-international-dateline/story-e6frf7jx-1226051660380|title=Samoa to move the International Dateline|publisher=Herald Sun|access-date=2022-01-01|archive-date=2016-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706170552/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/samoa-to-move-the-international-dateline/story-e6frf7jx-1226051660380|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Populated areas == *[[Pago Pago, American Samoa]] ==Related pages==