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Time zone Δ DST Open hours (local time) UTC, winter only Open Close Lunch Open Close New York Stock Exchange: XNYS United States: New York City: 28.33: 1,452 EST/EDT: −5:00 Mar–Nov 09:30 16:00 No 14:30 21:00 Nasdaq (US) XNAS United States: New York City: 26.62: 1,262 EST/EDT −5:00 Mar–Nov 09:30 16:00 No 14:30 21:00 Shanghai Stock ...
Singapore follows the GMT+8 time zone, one hour ahead of the typical zone for its geographical location. [314] This causes the sun to rise and set particularly late during February, where the sun rises at 7:15 am and sets around 7:20 pm. During July, the sun sets at around 7:15 pm.
GMT+03:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:30. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as 2024-12-19T19:57:01 +03:30 . This time is used only in Iran , so it is also called Iran Standard Time .
The Straits Times claimed that Singapore was the second city in the East with a taxi service, after Calcutta. [16] In 1919, The Singapore Motor Taxi Cab and Transport Co. Ltd., which planned to work with the municipal government to set up a taxi service, was proposed, [17] but the plans fell through. [18]
Introduction of color television in countries by decade. This is a list of when the first color television broadcasts were transmitted to the general public. Non-public field tests, closed-circuit demonstrations and broadcasts available from other countries are not included, while including dates when the last black-and-white stations in the country switched to color or shutdown all black-and ...
Asia (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈ eɪ ʃ ə / AY-shə) is the largest continent [note 1] [10] [11] in the world by both land area and population. [11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, [note 2] about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area.
The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality. [9]
The economy of the Philippines is an emerging market, and considered as a newly industrialized country in the Asia-Pacific region. [31] In 2025, the Philippine economy is estimated to be at ₱29.66 trillion ($507.6 billion), making it the world's 31st largest by nominal GDP and 11th largest in Asia according to the International Monetary Fund .