ASEAN Common Time

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The ASEAN Common Time (ACT) is a proposal to adopt a standard time for all Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states. [1] [2] It was proposed in 1995 by Singapore, and in 2004 and 2015 by Malaysia to make business across countries easier. [3] [4] The proposal failed because of opposition in Thailand and Cambodia: [3] [5] Thais and Cambodians argued that UTC+08:00 was not better than UTC+07:00, which is the current time zone of their countries. [3]

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Currently, there are four different time zones used by ASEAN countries. UTC+06:30 (Myanmar); UTC+07:00 (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and western Indonesia); UTC+08:00 (Brunei, central Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore); and UTC+09:00 (eastern Indonesia).

The proposal would institute UTC+08:00 as the ASEAN Central Time, putting Myanmar at UTC+07:00, and leaving the less populous eastern Indonesia at UTC+09:00.[ citation needed ] This would result in the vast majority of the region's people and territory lining up at UTC+08:00—in sync with China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Western Australia, while eastern islands of Indonesia would remain at UTC+09:00—in sync with Japan, South Korea, North Korea, East Timor and Palau.

Some regional businesses have already begun adopting the phrase "ASEAN Common Time", also using the abbreviation ACT, in their press releases, communications, and legal documents. The idea has since been under discussion by ASEAN, with Singapore supporting it strongly. [6] [7]

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ASEAN relationCountry UTC offset Time Zone
Abbreviation [8]
NotesRef
ASEAN members Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar +06:30 MMTSome experts suggest that moving to UTC+07:00, rather than UTC+08:00, would be a more natural change. Myanmar Standard Time
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand +07:00 ICTTried unsuccessfully to switch to UTC+08:00 in 2001 by then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The issue remains under discussion. Time in Thailand
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Time in Laos
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam From 13 June 1975 after reunification Time in Vietnam
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Time in Cambodia
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia +07:00 WIBA single national time zone of UTC+08:00 has been proposed, however, it is unclear when or if it may be implemented. [9] Time in Indonesia
+08:00 WITA
+09:00 WIT
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore +08:00 SGT/SSTFollowed Malaysia to switch to UTC+08:00 on 1 January 1982, [10] except for Japanese occupation of Singapore during World War II. Singapore Time
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia MYT/MST Peninsular Malaysia switched from UTC+07:30 on 1 January 1982, [10] and East Malaysia uses it since 1933, except for the Japanese Occupation during World War II. Time in Malaysia
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei BNT/BDT Time in Brunei
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines PHT/PSTFirst implemented on 1 January 1845 by redrawing the International Date Line. [note 1] [11] [12] It became permanent on 29 July 1990 when the country ended the use of daylight saving time, then set at UTC+09:00. [13] Philippine Standard Time
ASEAN observer states Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste +09:00 TLT Time in Timor-Leste
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea +10:00 PGT Time in Papua New Guinea
+11:00 BST
ASEAN Plus Three Flag of Japan.svg  Japan +09:00 JST Japan Standard Time
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea KST Time in South Korea
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China +08:00 CST Time in China

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Notes

  1. The Philippines was one day behind neighboring countries in Asia since Ferdinand Magellan's arrival on 16 March 1521, then later claimed part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España) known as Spanish Empire on 27 April 1565 until Mexico's independence on 27 September 1821. More than two decades later, on 16 August 1844, then Governor-General Narciso Claveria reformed the Philippines calendar by removing Tuesday, 31 December 1844, to align with the rest of Asia. Monday, 30 December 1844 was immediately followed by Wednesday, 1 January 1845. The change also applied to Caroline Islands, Guam, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands and Palau for being part of the Captaincy General of the Philippines during those times.

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