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Kosrae Time
Offset: KOST is 11 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Micronesia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the KOST time zone is Tofol in Micronesia, with about 9,686 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lelu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Kosrae Time (KOST) do not change for daylight saving time, so KOST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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KOST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- +11 - basic short
- +1100 - basic
- +11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- +1100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Lima - Military abbreviation for KOST
- L - short form of 'Lima'
Time zones with the GMT +11 offset:
- AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
- BST - Bougainville Standard Time
- KOST - Kosrae Time
- L - Lima Time Zone
- LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
- MAGT - Magadan Time
- NCT - New Caledonia Time
- NFT - Norfolk Time
- PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
- SBT - Solomon Islands Time
- VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
- VUT - Vanuatu Time