ASEAN Common Time

ASEAN Common Time (ACT) is the proposal to adopt a standard time for all Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states.

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

The proposal would institute UTC+08:00 ASEAN Central Time, putting Myanmar at UTC+07:00, and leaving less populous eastern Indonesia at UTC+09:00. 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. The eastern islands of Indonesia would remain at UTC+09:00—in sync with South Korea, Japan, Palau, and East Timor.

List

ASEAN relationCountryUTC offsetAcronym
NotesRef
ASEAN member Myanmar+06:30MSTSome experts suggest that moving to UTC+07:00, rather than UTC+08:00, would be a more natural change.Myanmar Standard Time
ASEAN member Thailand+07:00ICTTried unsuccessfully to switch to UTC+08:00 in 2001 by then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Issue remains under discussion.Time in Thailand
ASEAN member LaosTime in Laos
ASEAN member VietnamFrom 1975-06-13 after reunificationTime in Vietnam
ASEAN member CambodiaTime in Cambodia
ASEAN member Indonesia+07:00
+08:00
+09:00		IWST
ICST
IEST		A single national time zone of UTC+08:00 has been proposed, however it is unclear when or if it may be implemented. [1]Time in Indonesia
ASEAN member Singapore+08:00SSTFrom 1982-01-01Singapore Standard Time
ASEAN member MalaysiaMYTPeninsular Malaysia switched from UTC+07:30 on 1982-01-01, and East Malaysia uses it since 1933, except for the Japanese Occupation during World War Two.Time in Malaysia
ASEAN member BruneiBNTTime in Brunei
ASEAN member PhilippinesPSTPhilippine Standard Time
ASEAN observer Timor-Leste+09:00TLTTime in Timor-Leste
ASEAN observer Papua New Guinea+10:00PGTTime in Papua New Guinea
ASEAN Plus Three Japan+09:00JSTJapan Standard Time
ASEAN Plus Three South KoreaKSTTime in South Korea
ASEAN Plus Three People's Republic of China+08:00CSTTime in China

Citations

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi: "... in order to keep ASEAN with the people, ... some possibilities come to mind, such as an ASEAN common time zone...".[2]

The Nation, December 1996: "...deferred a plan for the creation of a common Asean time zone ..." [3]

"The idea has since been under discussion by ASEAN, with Singapore supporting it strongly." [4]

  • "Press Statement The First Informal ASEAN Heads of Government Meeting Jakarta". 30 November 1996. Archived from the original (Press release) on 14 February 2006.
  • "Joint Communique of The 29th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) Jakarta, 1996-07-20/21". Archived from the original on 8 January 2006.
  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (7 August 2004). "Towards an ASEAN Community". Archived from the original (speech) on 1 June 2013.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hatta : Penyatuan Zona Waktu Tidak Batal". economy.okezone.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Association of Southeast Asian Nations · ASEAN Anthem". Aseansec.org. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=437&dat=19961201&id=3hYuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zjADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2560,68698%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑
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