ASEAN Common Time

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File:Map of ASEAN member states.svg
Map showing the member states of ASEAN.

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]

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 relation Country UTC offset Time Zone
Abbreviation[8]		 Notes Ref
ASEAN members Script error: No such module "flag". +06:30 MMT Some experts suggest that moving to UTC+07:00, rather than UTC+08:00, would be a more natural change. Myanmar Standard Time
Script error: No such module "flag". +07:00 ICT Tried unsuccessfully to switch to UTC+08:00 in 2001 by then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The issue remains under discussion. Time in Thailand
Script error: No such module "flag". Time in Laos
Script error: No such module "flag". From 13 June 1975 after reunification. Time in Vietnam
Script error: No such module "flag". Time in Cambodia
Script error: No such module "flag". +07:00 WIB A 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
Script error: No such module "flag". +08:00 SGT/SST Followed Malaysia to switch to UTC+08:00 on 1 January 1982,[10] except under Japanese occupation of Singapore during World War II. Singapore Time
Script error: No such module "flag". MYT/MST Peninsular Malaysia switched from UTC+07:30 on 1 January 1982,[10] and East Malaysia uses it since 1933, except under Japanese occupation during World War II. Time in Malaysia
Script error: No such module "flag". BNT/BDT Time in Brunei
Script error: No such module "flag". PHT/PST First implemented on 1 January 1845 by redrawing the International Date Line.Template:Refn[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 Script error: No such module "flag". +09:00 TLT Time in Timor-Leste
Script error: No such module "flag". +10:00 PGT Time in Papua New Guinea
+11:00 BST
ASEAN Plus Three Script error: No such module "flag". +09:00 JST Japan Standard Time
Script error: No such module "flag". KST Time in South Korea
Script error: No such module "flag". +08:00 CST Time in China

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