Pyongyang Time
Pyongyang Time will be the standard time zone in North Korea from 15 August 2015 and is 8.5 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+08:30): i.e., when it is midnight (00:00) UTC, it is 8:30 a.m. (08:30) Pyongyang Time. Like South Korea, North Korea does not currently observe daylight saving time.[1]
History
The Korean Empire first adopted a standard time that is similar to Pyongyang Standard Time in 1908.[2] Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan in 1910. In 1912, the colonial government changed the time zone to UTC+09:00 to align with Japan Standard Time. On 5 August 2015, the North Korean government decided to return to UTC+08:30, effective 15 August 2015, and said the official name would be Pyongyang Time.[3][4] The government of North Korea made this decision in order to be in a different time than Japan.[5]
See also
References
- ^ When is daylight saving time worldwide?
- ^ Paul Tait, ed. (August 6, 2015). "Turning back the clock: North Korea creates Pyongyang Standard Time". Reuters. Reporting by Tony Munroe and Jack Kim. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "North Korea to introduce new timezone this month". BNO News. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ "North Korea's new time zone to break from 'imperialism'". BBC News. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ Mathis-Lilley, Ben (August 7, 2015). Slate.com http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/07/north_korea_invents_own_time_zone_xenophobia_against_japan_is_involved.html.
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