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
- Scope
- 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.
