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The worldwide standard for coordinated universal time, formerly known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), is now abbreviated as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
Some sources still refer to it as UTC/GMT and some web browsers, e.g. Mozilla Firefox, still display it as GMT.
The UTC Time (shown directly below) is the standard time zone upon which all other worldwide time zones are based. It never observes daylight saving time.
The countries of Southeast Asia do not observe Daylight Saving Time and remain on Standard Time throughout the year.
Notes:
China uses one time zone, east to west. Indonesia stretches across three time zones, including:
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WIB (Western Indonesian Time)
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WITA (Central Indonesian Time)
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WIT (Eastern Indonesian Time)
Additional details on worldwide timezones
+ 5 hours from UTC Maldives |
+ 5.5 hours from UTC Andaman/Nicobar, India, Sri Lanka |
+ 5.75 hours from UTC Nepal |
+ 6 hours from UTC Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory |
+ 6.5 hours from UTC Myanmar (Burna) |
+ 7 hours from UTC Cambodia, Laos, Western Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam |
+ 8 hours from UTC Brunei, Central Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan |
+ 9 hours from UTC Eastern Indonesia, East Timor, Japan, North Korea, South Korea |