Time in Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea is divided into two time zones, namely: [1]

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database gives Papua New Guinea two time zones, Pacific/Bougainville and Pacific/Port Moresby. [3]

c.c.*coordinates*TZ*CommentsUTC offsetDST
PG −0613+15534 Pacific/Bougainville Bougainville +11:00 +11:00
PG −0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby Papua New Guinea (most areas), Dumont d'Urville +10:00 +10:00

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References

  1. ↑ Time Zone in Papua New Guinea. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Time Change 2021 in Papua New Guinea. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Australasia (2021 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 13 October 2021.


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