ASEAN Common Time

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ASEAN Common Time is an idea by ASEAN to adopt a standard time of UTC+8 for all member countries. Some businesses with a local or regional reach, already adopted the use of the "ASEAN Common Time", and can be seen abbreviated as '"ACT"' in their Press Releases, communications, and legal documents. There are also ASEAN Citizens who have started using ACT in their sites and blogs.

As of 2008 time zones used by ASEAN countries are UTC+6:30, UTC+7, UTC+8 and UTC+9.

•  Indonesia UTC+7, UTC+8, UTC+9
•  Brunei UTC+8
•  Malaysia UTC+8
•  Philippines UTC+8
•  Singapore UTC+8
•  Cambodia UTC+7
•  Laos UTC+7
•  Thailand UTC+7
•  Vietnam UTC+7
•  Myanmar UTC+6:30

[edit] External links

• "Press Statement The First Informal ASEAN Heads of Government Meeting Jakarta" (Press release) (1996-11-30).
• "Joint Communique of The 29th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) Jakarta, 20-21 July 1996".
• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2004-08-07). "Towards an ASEAN Community" (speech).

[edit] Some Companies and Sites Adopted and Using ACT already

Companies

• Asian media Development Group

Sites

• Lineage II South-East Asia (L2-SEA) official site
• ASEAN - Asia's Perfect 10
• gameshogun.ws Blognet

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