Times Act

An act to establish a common timezone for all official deadlines

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1. Scope
   
2. Official Timezone
   

1. Scope

(1) This act applies to all legal deadlines used by government entities in the South Pacific.

2. Official Timezone

(1) All legal deadlines posted on the official forums that establish a specific hour and minute must use the official Time bbcode, to ensure displayed times are shown in local timezones.

(2) All other legal deadlines posted in other venues shall contain a conspicuous link to a countdown timer using the Time and Date Live Countdown Timer and a conversion to London, New York, and Sydney using the Time and Date Time Zone Converter, regardless of what timezone is utilized in the official notice.

(3) When publishing non-legal deadlines, conformance to this act is strongly encouraged.

(This post was last modified: 01-19-2022, 12:09 PM by anjo.)

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The Times Act was passed on 20 October 2020.

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Times Act

 

An Act to establish a common timezone for all official deadlines

Table of contents

1. Scope
   
2. Official Timezone
   

1. Scope

(1) This Act applies to all legal deadlines used by government entities in the South Pacific.

2. Official Timezone

(1) All legal deadlines that establish a specific hour and minute must use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in either a 12-hour or 24-hour format.

(2) The deadline must contain a link to a countdown timer established using the Time and Date Live Countdown Timer.

(3) All such deadlines shall be accompanied by a reference to the equivalent time in London, New York and Sydney provided by the  Time and Date Time Zone Converter.

(4) When publishing non-legal deadlines, conformance to this Act is strongly encouraged.

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The Times Act was amended on 19 November 2020 using the Chair's discretionary powers.

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Times Act

An Act to establish a common timezone for all official deadlines

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The Times Act was amended on 4 January 2021 using the Chair's discretionary powers.

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Times Act

 

An Aact to establish a common timezone for all official deadlines

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1. Scope

(1) This Aact applies to all legal deadlines used by government entities in the South Pacific.

2. Official Timezone

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(4) When publishing non-legal deadlines, conformance to this Aact is strongly encouraged.

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Article 2 of the Times Act was amended by the Assembly (debate thread ‒ voting thread) on 19 January 2022 as follows:

Times Act

An act to establish a common timezone for all official deadlines

Table of contents

1. Scope
   
2. Timezones
   

1. Scope

(1) This act applies to all legal deadlines used by government entities in the South Pacific.

2. Timezones

(1) All legal deadlines posted on the official forums that establish a specific hour and minute must use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) the official Time bbcode, to ensure displayed times are shown in local timezones.

(2) The deadline must contain a link to a countdown timer established using the Time and Date Live Countdown Timer.

(3) All such deadlines shall be accompanied by a reference to the equivalent time in London, New York and Sydney provided by the Time and Date Time Zone Converter.

(2) All other legal deadlines posted in other venues shall contain a conspicuous link to a countdown timer using the Time and Date Live Countdown Timer and a conversion to London, New York, and Sydney using the Time and Date Time Zone Converter, regardless of what timezone is utilized in the official notice.

(4)(3) When publishing non-legal deadlines, conformance to this act is strongly encouraged.

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