Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 1-31 (2026)

  Hawaiian standard time; definition; observance

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     §1-31  Hawaiian standard time; definition; observance.  Hawaiian standard time is ten hours slower than Greenwich time, based on the mean solar time of the one hundred and fiftieth degree of longitude west from Greenwich and shall be the time which the entire State, including all of its political subdivisions, shall observe annually, notwithstanding the daylight time conversion provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, Public Law 89-387, 80 Statutes at Large 107. [L 1947, c 161, §1; RL 1955, §1-42; am L 1967, c 4, §2; HRS §1-31]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Empire Fire & Marine Ins. v. Cont'l Cas. Co., 426 F. Supp. 2d 329 (D. Maryland 2006).
Empire Fire & Marine Ins. v. Cont'l Cas. Co., 426 F. Supp. 2d 329 (D. Maryland 2006). “Only two states — Arizona and Hawaii — do not observe daylight saving time, and in both cases, the state legislature enacted legislation that specifically exempts the state, as permitted by 15 U.”
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