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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.
Thailand declared on 16 March 1920 that people would move their clocks ahead by 17 minutes, 56 seconds on 31 March 1920 to match the time in use in Southeast Asia. The time was switched on 1 April 1920 at 00:00 (old time) to 00:17:56 (new time). [4]
Time zone name Original name UTC offset WIB offset Provinces covered Western Indonesia Time (WIB) Waktu Indonesia Barat: UTC+07:00: WIB+/-0h: Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, North Sumatra, Riau, South Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung Islands, Banten, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Special Region of Yogyakarta, East Java, West Kalimantan, and Central Kalimantan
Nominal GDP IMF 2024 [1]; World rank Country GDP (US$ millions) GDP per capita (nominal) 1 16 Indonesia: 1,475,690 5,509 2 26 Thailand: 548,890 7,557 3 31 Singapore
South Asia has a total area of 5.2 million sq.km (2 million sq.mi), which is 10% of the Asian continent. [30] The population of South Asia is estimated to be 2.04 billion [8] or about one-fourth of the world's population, making it both the most populous and the most densely populated geographical region in the world. [31]
The Thai capital of Bangkok broke its all-time high-temperature record on both Saturday and Sunday. Bangkok, home to more than 10.5 million people, soared to 105.8 F (41 C) on Sunday.
Pages in category "Time in Southeast Asia" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. ASEAN Common ...
1886 map of Indochina, from the Scottish Geographical Magazine. In Indian sources, the earliest name connected with Southeast Asia is Yāvadvīpa []. [1] Another possible early name of mainland Southeast Asia was Suvarṇabhūmi ("land of gold"), [1] [2] a toponym, that appears in many ancient Indian literary sources and Buddhist texts, [3] but which, along with Suvarṇadvīpa ("island" or ...