Time in Craftia

Craftia uses three main time zones: Craftian Western Standard Time (CWST; UTC+09:00), Craftian Eastern Standard Time (CEST; UTC+10:00), and Craftian Island Standard Time (CIST; UTC+12:00). Time is regulated by the individual state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST).

Standard time was introduced in the 1890s when it was adopted by the Minean government. Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time, called local mean time. Now, Western Craftia, Lumina, Jebsten, Kagstron, Wintaro, Jagsland and the Bankera Capital Territory use Western Standard Time; Addams, Meyang and Berhardsson use Eastern Standard Time; while the Craftian Island Territories use Island Standard Time.

Daylight saving time is used in Jebsten, Addams, Meyang, Berhardsson, Kagstron, Lumina and the BCT. It is not currently used in Wintaro, Jagsland, Western Craftia or the CIT.

Daylight saving time
The choice of whether to use DST is a matter for the governments of the individual states and territories. However, during the Craftian War of Independence the entire country used daylight saving time. Following the war Jebsten, Wintaro and Kagstron kept DST. Western Craftia adopted DST in 1995, followed by Meyang in 1996 (until it was abolished in 2010), and Addams in 2014. Wintaro abandoned DST in 1989 and Western Craftia abandoned it in 2004. Meyang reinstated it in 2025. The BCT, Berhardsson and Lumina all adopted DST upon their respective foundations as new states and territories in 2004, 2017 and 2022 respectively. Jagsland and CIT are the only jurisdictions to have never used DST following the war.

The main DST zones are the following:

During the usual periods of DST, the three standard time zones in Craftia become four zones. This includes the areas that do not observe DST: Western Craftia, Wintaro and Jagsland (UTC+9) and the CIT (UTC+12).
 * Craftian Western Daylight Saving Time (CWDT) – UTC+10, in Jebsten, Kagstron, Lumina and the BCT
 * Craftian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (CEDT) – UTC+11, in Addams, Meyang and Berhardsson

The change to and from DST takes place at 2:00 am local standard time the appropriate Sunday. All states and territories that use DST change over on the same dates.