ASEAN Common Time
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ASEAN Common Time is an idea by ASEAN to adopt a standard time
of UTC+08 for all member countries. Some businesses with a local or regional reach have already adopted the use of the "ASEAN Common Time", and can be seen using the abbreviation '"ACT"' in their Press Releases, communications, and legal documents. There are also ASEAN citizens who have started using ACT in their sites and blogs.
time zones used by ASEAN countries are UTC+06:30, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00 and UTC+09:00.
: "...IN ORDER TO KEEP ASEAN WITH THE PEOPLE, ... SOME POSSIBILITIES COME TO MIND, SUCH AS AN ASEAN COMMON TIME ZONE ..." http://www.aseansec.org/16300.htm.
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Standard time
Standard time is the result of synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time rather than using the local meridian as in local mean time or solar time. Historically, this helped in the process of weather forecasting and train travel. The concept...
of UTC+08 for all member countries. Some businesses with a local or regional reach have already adopted the use of the "ASEAN Common Time", and can be seen using the abbreviation '"ACT"' in their Press Releases, communications, and legal documents. There are also ASEAN citizens who have started using ACT in their sites and blogs.
time zones used by ASEAN countries are UTC+06:30, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00 and UTC+09:00.
| ASEAN relation | Country | Offset from UTC | Notes | More |
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| ASEAN member | UTC+07:00 UTC+08:00 UTC+09:00 |
Time in Indonesia Time in Indonesia The Indonesian archipelago geographically stretches across four time zones from UTC+7 in Banda Aceh to UTC+9 in Western Papua. However, The Indonesian government only recognizes three time zones in its territory: Western Indonesian Time—seven hours in advance of Greenwich Mean Time ,... |
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| ASEAN member | UTC+08:00 | |||
| ASEAN member | UTC+08:00 | Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia , also known as West Malaysia , is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula. Its area is . It shares a land border with Thailand in the north. To the south is the island of Singapore. Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra... switched from UTC+07:30 on 1982-01-01 form East Malaysia East Malaysia East Malaysia, also known as Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia located on the island of Borneo. It consists of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan. It lies to the east from Peninsular Malaysia , which is located on the Malay Peninsula. The two are... since 1933 except for Japanese occupation Japanese occupation of Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak Throughout much of World War II, British Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak were under Japanese occupation.The Japanese Empire commenced the Pacific War with the invasion of Kota Bahru in Kelantan on 8 December 1941 at 00:25, about 90 minutes before the Attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii at 07:48 on 7... |
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| ASEAN member | UTC+08:00 | Time in the Philippines | ||
| ASEAN member | UTC+08:00 | since 1982-01-01 | Singapore Standard Time Singapore Standard Time Singapore Standard Time or Singapore Time based in Singapore uses a time zone eight hours in advance of UTC .- History :... : Time in Singapore Singapore Standard Time Singapore Standard Time or Singapore Time based in Singapore uses a time zone eight hours in advance of UTC .- History :... |
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| ASEAN member | UTC+07:00 | |||
| ASEAN member | UTC+07:00 | |||
| ASEAN member | UTC+07:00 | tried to switch in 2001 and still on discussion | Time in Thailand Time in Thailand Thailand observes UTC+07:00 and does not observe daylight saving time.In 2001, then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced intentions to change the country's UTC offset to UTC+08:00 to be in line with Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong & The Philippines. This was met with much criticism and... |
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| ASEAN member | UTC+07:00 | |||
| ASEAN member | UTC+06:30 | Time in Myanmar | ||
| ASEAN observer | UTC+09:00 | |||
| ASEAN observer | UTC+10:00 | |||
| ASEAN Plus Three | UTC+08:00 | Time in China Time in China China spans across five different standard time zones, from UTC+05:00 in the west to UTC+09:00 in the east, yet since 1949 China has only had a single standard time at UTC+08:00. The time UTC+06:00 is also used unofficially in Xinjiang and Tibet... |
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| ASEAN Plus Three | UTC+09:00 | Time in Japan Time in Japan Time in Japan is given by Japan Standard Time , which is nine hours ahead of UTC, i.e. UTC+09.Japan started using the Gregorian calendar on 1 January 1873, locally known as "the first day of the first month of Meiji 6"... |
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| ASEAN Plus Three | UTC+09:00 |
Citations
Abdullah Ahmad BadawiAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi is a Malaysian politician who served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2009. He was also the President of the United Malays National Organisation , the largest political party in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional parliamentary coalition...
: "...IN ORDER TO KEEP ASEAN WITH THE PEOPLE, ... SOME POSSIBILITIES COME TO MIND, SUCH AS AN ASEAN COMMON TIME ZONE ..." http://www.aseansec.org/16300.htm.
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See also
- Time in IndonesiaTime in IndonesiaThe Indonesian archipelago geographically stretches across four time zones from UTC+7 in Banda Aceh to UTC+9 in Western Papua. However, The Indonesian government only recognizes three time zones in its territory: Western Indonesian Time—seven hours in advance of Greenwich Mean Time ,...
- Time in Malaysia