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In 1981, Malaysia decided to standardise the time across its territories to a uniform UTC+08:00. Singapore elected to follow suit, citing business and travel schedules. [14] [15] The change took effect on New Year's Day (1 January) 1982 when Singapore moved half an hour forward on New Year's Eve (31 December) 1981 at 11:30 pm creating "Singapore Standard Time" (SST) or "Singapore Time" (SGT). [16]
The Indian Standard Time was adopted on 1 January 1906 during the British era with the phasing out of its precursor Madras Time (Railway Time), [2] and after Independence in 1947, the Union government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Kolkata and Mumbai retained their own local time (known as Calcutta Time and Bombay Time) until 1948 and 1955, respectively. [3]
The time 8:45 may be spoken as "eight forty-five" or "(a) quarter to nine". [19] In older English, it was common for the number 25 to be expressed as "five-and-twenty". [20] In this way the time 8:35 may be phrased as "five-and-twenty to 9", [21] although this styling fell out of fashion in the later part of the 1900s and is now rarely used. [22]
Time in the Middle East UTC+02:00 UTC+03:00: Eastern European Time / Israel Standard Time / Eastern European Summer Time / Israel Summer Time UTC+03:00:
In 1968 [23] there was a three-year experiment called British Standard Time, when the UK and Ireland experimentally employed British Summer Time (GMT+1) all year round; clocks were put forward in March 1968 and not put back until October 1971. [24] Central European Time is sometimes referred to as continental time in the UK.
If California were a nation it would rank in terms of nominal GDP as the List of countries by GDP World's fourth largest economy, behind Germany (4.71 trillion) and ahead of the Japan (4.07 trillion). Additionally, California's Silicon Valley is home to some of the world's most valuable technology companies, including Apple, Alphabet, and ...
Singapore [23] 5.10 m Low Jun Yu: 19 April 2024 84th Singapore Open Championships Kallang, Singapore [24] 5.10 m Low Jun Yu: 8 June 2024 Busan, Singapore [25] 5.34 m Low Jun Yu: 5 July 2024 ASEAN University Games: Surabaya, Indonesia Long jump: 7.62 m Matthew Goh Yujie: 15 December 2009 Southeast Asian Games: Vientiane, Laos Triple jump: 16.04 ...
Schindler Holding Ltd. [2] is a Swiss multinational company which manufactures escalators, moving walkways, and elevators worldwide, founded in Switzerland in 1874. Schindler produces, installs, maintains and modernizes lifts and escalators in many types of buildings including residential, commercial and high-rise buildings.