Time Zones
The keeping of standard time is divided into three time zones:
- Western Indonesian Time/WIT (Indonesian: Waktu Indonesia Barat/WIB) (UTC+7)
- WIB is observed in islands of Sumatra, Java, provinces of West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan
- Central Indonesian Time/CIT (Waktu Indonesia Tengah/WITA) (UTC+8)
- WITA is observed in islands of Sulawesi, Bali, provinces of East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan
- Eastern Indonesian Time/EIT (Waktu Indonesia Timur/WIT) (UTC+9).
- WIT is observed in provinces of Maluku, North Maluku, Papua and West Papua.
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