Philippine Standard Time
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Philippine Standard Time , also known as Philippine Time (abbreviated PHT), is the official name for the time in the Philippines
. The country only has one time zone, the UTC+08:00 time zone
. The country used the daylight saving time
for a short time. But it was discontinued until now.
, and as such is physically located within the UTC+08:00 time zone. The Philippine Standard Time is maintained by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
, or PAGASA. The Philippines shares the same timezone with Hong Kong
, Macau
, Singapore
, most parts of China
, Taiwan
, Malaysia, Brunei
, central Indonesia
and Western Australia
.
Blg. 8, the law defining the metric system
, which was approved on December 2, 1978 and implemented on January 1, 1983. The Philippines is one of the very few countries to officially and almost exclusively use the 12-hour time system in reference to non-military situations.
, daylight saving time was instituted in the 1990s. As national power supplies and transmission systems recovered, daylight saving time was discontinued, and is presently defunct.
or DOST, proposed to synchronize the time in the archipelago to avoid the tardiness of the Filipinos in their own respective businesses. So, PAGASA installed a rubidium atomic clock, a GPS receiver, a time interval counter, distribution amplifier, and a computer, to help calculate the time difference with every satellite within its antenna’s field of view.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The country only has one time zone, the UTC+08:00 time zone
Time zone
A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
. The country used the daylight saving time
Daylight saving time
Daylight saving time —also summer time in several countries including in British English and European official terminology —is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less...
for a short time. But it was discontinued until now.
Geographic details
Geographically, the Philippines lies within 116°40′ and 126°34′ east of the Prime MeridianPrime Meridian
The Prime Meridian is the meridian at which the longitude is defined to be 0°.The Prime Meridian and its opposite the 180th meridian , which the International Date Line generally follows, form a great circle that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.An international...
, and as such is physically located within the UTC+08:00 time zone. The Philippine Standard Time is maintained by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is a Philippine national institution dedicated to provide flood and typhoon warnings, public weather forecasts and advisories, meteorological, astronomical, climatological, and other specialized information and...
, or PAGASA. The Philippines shares the same timezone with Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, most parts of China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, Malaysia, Brunei
Brunei
Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
, central Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
and Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
History
The Philippine Time was instituted through Batas PambansaRepublic Acts of the Philippines
This article contains a partial list of Philippine laws. Philippine laws have had various nomenclature designations at different periods in the history of the Philippines, as shown in the following table:...
Blg. 8, the law defining the metric system
Metric system
The metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement. France was first to adopt a metric system, in 1799, and a metric system is now the official system of measurement, used in almost every country in the world...
, which was approved on December 2, 1978 and implemented on January 1, 1983. The Philippines is one of the very few countries to officially and almost exclusively use the 12-hour time system in reference to non-military situations.
Daylight saving time in the Philippines
Due to frequent power outagesPower outage
A power outage is a short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area.There are many causes of power failures in an electricity network...
, daylight saving time was instituted in the 1990s. As national power supplies and transmission systems recovered, daylight saving time was discontinued, and is presently defunct.
Juan Time
Television and radio stations in the Philippines often tell the time, but something is objectionable. Last September 2011, the Department of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology could refer to:*Department of Science and Technology *Department of Science and Technology *Department of Science and Technology...
or DOST, proposed to synchronize the time in the archipelago to avoid the tardiness of the Filipinos in their own respective businesses. So, PAGASA installed a rubidium atomic clock, a GPS receiver, a time interval counter, distribution amplifier, and a computer, to help calculate the time difference with every satellite within its antenna’s field of view.
External links
- http://kidlat.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/ourtime.shtml
- http://www.worldtimezone.com/wtz-names/wtz-pht.html
- http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=145
- http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/htdocs/DateTime-TimeZone/DateTime/TimeZone/Asia/Manila.pm.html