Samoa Time Zone
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The Samoa Time Zone is a time standard used primarily in the Samoan Islands region of the Pacific, aligning local time for countries such as Samoa and American Samoa.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samoa Time Zone canonical | 46 |
| Samoa Standard Time | 36 |
| Pacific/Pago_Pago | 1 |
| Samoa Time | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T76523 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samoa Time Zone Context triple: [North American time zones, includesTimeZone, Samoa Time Zone]
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A.
Time South Pacific
Time South Pacific is a regional edition of Time magazine tailored to news and issues relevant to readers in the South Pacific and surrounding Asia-Pacific areas.
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B.
Chamorro Standard Time
Chamorro Standard Time is the time zone used in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, corresponding to UTC+10:00.
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C.
Newfoundland Time Zone
The Newfoundland Time Zone is a unique North American time zone centered on the Canadian island of Newfoundland, notable for its unusual half-hour offset from standard hour-based time zones.
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D.
Tulagi
Tulagi is a small island in the Solomon Islands that gained historical significance as a strategic battleground during World War II’s Guadalcanal campaign.
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E.
Chile Summer Time
Chile Summer Time is the daylight saving time period used in Chile, during which clocks are advanced one hour to provide extended evening daylight compared to standard time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samoa Time Zone Target entity description: The Samoa Time Zone is a time standard used primarily in the Samoan Islands region of the Pacific, aligning local time for countries such as Samoa and American Samoa.
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A.
Time South Pacific
Time South Pacific is a regional edition of Time magazine tailored to news and issues relevant to readers in the South Pacific and surrounding Asia-Pacific areas.
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B.
Chamorro Standard Time
Chamorro Standard Time is the time zone used in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, corresponding to UTC+10:00.
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C.
Newfoundland Time Zone
The Newfoundland Time Zone is a unique North American time zone centered on the Canadian island of Newfoundland, notable for its unusual half-hour offset from standard hour-based time zones.
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D.
Tulagi
Tulagi is a small island in the Solomon Islands that gained historical significance as a strategic battleground during World War II’s Guadalcanal campaign.
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E.
Chile Summer Time
Chile Summer Time is the daylight saving time period used in Chile, during which clocks are advanced one hour to provide extended evening daylight compared to standard time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
time standard
ⓘ
time zone ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SST ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Samoa Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Samoa Time Zone
|
| clocksSetRelativeTo | Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ |
| countryUsingTimeZone | American Samoa ⓘ |
| DSTObserved | false ⓘ |
| earlierThan | Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone during standard time ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | South Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| governingAuthorityForAmericanSamoa |
American Samoa territorial regulations
ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ |
| hasSameUTCOffsetAs |
Midway Islands Time (historical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time
Niue Time ⓘ |
| historicalChangeRelatedTo | Samoa’s 2011 dateline shift ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedIn |
Independent State of Samoa (pre-2011)
ⓘ
linked to:
Samoa
|
| IANAZoneName |
Pacific/Pago_Pago
ⓘ
linked to:
Samoa Time Zone
US/Samoa ⓘ
linked to:
American Samoa
|
| legalStatusInUS | recognized United States time zone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Ocean region
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Ocean Areas
|
| notUsedIn |
Independent State of Samoa (post-2011)
ⓘ
linked to:
Samoa
|
| observedBy |
American Samoa
ⓘ
Swains Island ⓘ United States unincorporated territory of American Samoa ⓘ
linked to:
American Samoa
|
| partOf | United States time zone system ⓘ |
| primaryCityReference | Pago Pago ⓘ |
| regionCovered |
Manuʻa Islands
ⓘ
Pago Pago ⓘ Rose Atoll ⓘ Swains Island ⓘ Tutuila ⓘ |
| regionType | island territory ⓘ |
| relativePositionToInternationalDateLine | just east of the International Date Line ⓘ |
| relativePositionToUTC | 11 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ |
| timeNotation |
12-hour clock (common use)
ⓘ
24-hour clock (official) ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
civil timekeeping
ⓘ
government operations scheduling ⓘ transport and communication scheduling ⓘ |
| usedFor |
broadcast scheduling in American Samoa
ⓘ
local business hours in American Samoa ⓘ transport timetables in American Samoa ⓘ |
| usedIn |
American Samoa
ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ Samoan Islands ⓘ
linked to:
Samoa
|
| UTCOffsetSeconds | -39600 ⓘ |
| UTCOffsetStandard | UTC−11:00 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samoa Time Zone Description of subject: The Samoa Time Zone is a time standard used primarily in the Samoan Islands region of the Pacific, aligning local time for countries such as Samoa and American Samoa.
Referenced by (84)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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