24 hours
The longest time difference would be between Tonga and Samoa. They can be 24 hours apart but are only 550 miles / 887km apart in distance.
From the 1st Sunday of April to the last Sunday of September, there is no time difference between Tonga and Samoa.From the last Sunday of September to the 1st Sunday of April, Samoa is on Daylight Saving Time, so when flying from Tonga to Samoa you would adjust your watch forward one hour, and when flying from Samoa to Tonga you would adjust your watch backward one hour.
Samoa is 4 hours behind Phoenix.
they settled on their islands at about the same time
yes... When Europe is on Standard Time, Tonga (UTC+13) is 13 hours ahead of England (UTC/UTC+1). When Europe is on Summer Time, Tonga is 12 hours ahead of England. In Europe, Summer Time begins on the last Sunday of March and ends on the last Sunday of October. So when it's 11 PM TOT in Tonga, the time in England is either 10 AM GMT (during Standard Time) or 11 AM BST (during Summer Time).
American Samoa is 6 hours behind New York during Standard Time (Winter) and 7 Hours behind New York during Daylight Saving Time. If it is noon in New York, it is 6am in winter and 5am in summer in American Samoa. The time difference to Samoa (Not American Samoa) is a little harder to calculate since their daylight saving time "falls" forward in September and "Springs" backwards in April. So the time difference is either 6 hours behind when both Samoa and the New York are in Daylight Saving Time. 7 Hours behind when New York is in Daylight Saving and Samoa is Not.
None; they follow exactly the same schedules.
Tahiti is typically 1 hour behind Tonga. While Tahiti operates on Tahiti Time (TAHT), which is UTC-10, Tonga operates on Tonga Time (TOT), which is UTC+13. However, it's important to note that Tonga observes daylight saving time, which can affect the time difference during certain months. During daylight saving time, the difference may extend to 2 hours.
Although it is not certain of the era or time, Tongans have ruled Samoa at one point. Before Tonga was established as the monarchy "The Kingdom of Tonga," or what is now a Constitutional Monarchy, with a prime minister- it was similar to the colonies that comprised the first U.S. (Vava'u, Ha'apai, Tongatapu and etc. had their own ruler.) It is not known which Tongan dynasty it was that ruled. To identify this is very important because until the current reigning dynasty (Tupou 1), Tonga was not The Kingdom of Tonga. It was still consisted of colonies. Individual Tongans and individual Samoans have had a lot of discontent towards each other because of the past where Tonga once ruled Samoa, and the claims that Samoans were former slaves of Tonga. There has been much heated competition, in the modern age, involving Tonga and Samoa in Rugby. One of the best Rugby players of all time is Jonah Lomu, of Tongan descent. But there has not been much representation of Tonga since then. Samoa, on the other hand, has played very well in 2010, winning the Sevens Cup in Las Vegas and moved on to take the Japan cup as well. Tongans and Samoans are very beautiful people and it is a shame that there is ethnic rivalry. But it is wonderful to know that there are Tongans and Samoans who have enough respect for each other and themselves to get along with one another.
American Samoa Standard Time (UTC-11) is six hours behind American Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) and seven hours behind Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC-4).
Not according to my globe. No, the time in Tonga is UTC + 13 hours, which is 3 hours ahead of Australian Eastern Standard Time and 2 hours ahead of Eastern Summer Time. Places that always have the same time as Tonga are the Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, Samoa and Tokelau.
Samoa (UTC+13/UTC+14) is always one hour ahead of New Zealand (UTC+12/UTC+13). Both countries adjust for Daylight Saving Time at exactly the same times.