Time in Thailand
Thailand observes UTC+07:00 and does not observe daylight saving time.
| Now is 16:00:27 in Thailand (09:00 in UTC) |
In 2001,[1] then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced intentions to change the country's UTC offset to UTC+08:00 to be in line with Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong & The Philippines. This was met with much criticism and resistance. The plan was later withdrawn.
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[edit] Notation
[edit] Date notation
Thailand mainly uses the Buddhist Era which is 543 years ahead of the Gregorian year. The year AD 2012 is indicated as 2555 BE in Thailand.
[edit] Time notation
Next to the 12-hour and 24-hour clock system, a 6-hour clock system is also used, especially in spoken language. It counts 4 times from 1 to 6, with different additional words to make the distinction for night, morning, afternoon, and evening.
Thailand is in the Asian time zone ICT – Indochina Time[2] and military Golf time zone (G)[3].
Thailand also adopted ISO 8601 under national standard: TIS 1111:2535 in 1992.
