ASEAN Common Time is an idea by ASEAN to adopt a standard time of UTC+08 for all member countries. Some businesses with a local or regional reach have already adopted the use of the "ASEAN Common Time", and can be seen using the abbreviation '"ACT"' in their Press Releases, communications, and legal documents. There are also ASEAN citizens who have started using ACT in their sites and blogs. It is planned to use in 2015. Some people has suggested to use UTC+07, as UTC+08 will have problems in Kachin state, Myanmar during summer, which will have sunset at 20:45 and sunrise at 7:20.
As of 2008[update] time zones used by ASEAN countries are UTC+06:30, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00 and UTC+09:00.
| ASEAN relation | Country | Offset from UTC | Notes | More |
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| ASEAN member | Indonesia | UTC+07:00 UTC+08:00 UTC+09:00 |
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| ASEAN member | Brunei | UTC+08:00 | ||
| ASEAN member | Malaysia | UTC+08:00 | Peninsular Malaysia switched from UTC+07:30 on 1982-01-01 form East Malaysia since 1933 except for Japanese occupation | Time in Malaysia |
| ASEAN member | Philippines | UTC+08:00 | Time in the Philippines | |
| ASEAN member | Singapore | UTC+08:00 | since 1982-01-01 | Singapore Standard Time : Time in Singapore |
| ASEAN member | Cambodia | UTC+07:00 | ||
| ASEAN member | Laos | UTC+07:00 | ||
| ASEAN member | Thailand | UTC+07:00 | tried to switch in 2001 and still on discussion | Time in Thailand |
| ASEAN member | Vietnam | UTC+07:00 | ||
| ASEAN member | Myanmar | UTC+06:30 | Time in Myanmar | |
| ASEAN observer | Timor-Leste | UTC+09:00 | ||
| ASEAN observer | Papua New Guinea | UTC+10:00 | ||
| ASEAN Plus Three | People's Republic of China | UTC+08:00 | Time in China | |
| ASEAN Plus Three | Japan | UTC+09:00 | Time in Japan | |
| ASEAN Plus Three | South Korea | UTC+09:00 |
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi: "...IN ORDER TO KEEP ASEAN WITH THE PEOPLE, ... SOME POSSIBILITIES COME TO MIND, SUCH AS AN ASEAN COMMON TIME ZONE ..." [1].
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