Why is Singapore's time zone East Zone 8! ! ! Why! !

Originally, Singapore and Malaysia belonged to East Zone 7 and a half in time zone, which is GMT+7:30.

One day in the 1980s, Malaysia "suddenly" announced that it would change its time zone to East Zone 8, namely GMT+8:00.

Next, it is the turn of the Singapore government to express its position. As far as historical love is concerned, Singapore and Malaysia are separated, but in many ways, they are still closely tied together. In terms of time zone division, the Singapore government is aware that it will face great inconvenience if it does not keep pace with its northern neighbors. Therefore, Singapore decided to adjust the clock at the same time as Malaysia.

Why are some big countries divided into several time zones? Some are also time-sharing, with a time difference of half an hour.

Some countries in the world used to implement "daylight saving time", that is, the time was set forward by one hour (similar to the change from the East Seventh District to the East Eighth District). Later, because ordinary people didn't adapt to life, many countries canceled daylight saving time for the convenience of ordinary people.

Although China uniformly uses a "Beijing time", in real life, people in the East and the West can only use it as a reference, and they must adjust their own time difference, otherwise they will make jokes and be wrong every year. For example, when the New Year bell rings in Beijing time, it has been more than an hour since the New Year in the northeast, and it is still New Year's Eve in the northwest. In terms of work and rest system, Beijing goes to work at 8: 00 a.m. and leaves work at 12, but Xinjiang does not. You must adjust yourself to go to work in the morning 10, rest at noon until 2 pm and so on.

In the long run, China is likely to follow the footsteps of some big countries and be divided into multiple time zones. Perhaps a time zone in the east, namely the East Eighth District, will still use "Beijing Time" unchanged; A time zone in central China, Dongqi District, is named "Chungking Time" or other city time; The western time zone, namely the East Sixth District, is named "Urumqi Time" or other city time.