Time in the Marshall Islands, an island country consisting of over 29 coral atolls, is given by Marshall Islands Time (MHT;).[1] The Marshall Islands does not have an associated daylight saving time.[2]
It is located near the equator, slightly west of the International Date Line.[3]
The Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands formerly observed, which made communicating and trading with the other atolls observing UTC+12:00 a day ahead highly problematic. Due to this, the Kwajalein Atoll advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line by skipping 21 August 1993.[4]
The IANA time zone database gives the Marshall Islands two zones:[5]