AAAum Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Due to the time unstandardization, Thailand ( by ICT) would standardize "TIME" ... putting ahead by 30 minutes... [that means i have to wake up 30 minutes earlier!].... effective on 23 Aug, 2008. ATMs, banks, workplaces, ISPs, mobile couriers, hotels, government, communications media etc. have to adjust the time accordingly, otherwise will risk facing fines. ------------------------- Well, what would effect you by changing time standardization? :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave40 Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 [that means i have to wake up 30 minutes earlier!].... That would annoy me as well!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeMarc Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Spent half my life dealing with 'daylight saving' in Australia. Each year, we had to put our clocks 1 hour ahead, or back.... then do same again 3 months later. Yes, it can be a real pain the arse :roll: Trouble is... "Time" itself is a purely man-made invention... and sometimes has little to do with Nature itself... which just carries on.... regardless of how hard it is for some of us to wake up and get out of bed in the mornings :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave40 Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Spent half my life dealing with 'daylight saving' in Australia They extended it this year marc it now runs from the first week in Oct to the first week of April!!!! It takes awhile to adjust sleeping patterns (especially when you start work early) !!!! :twisted: :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatty Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 That's forword mail, right? In my company forward that e-mail round and round, but the lastest e-mail about this... it said this was a BS story kha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niranahm Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Yes it's a hoax mail which has found its gullible target... However it would be nice to put the clock forward so the sun rises and sets at 7:00 instead of 6:00. This would give an extra hour of daylight for most Bangkokians. It's been suggested in parliament in the past, but the upcountry folk always rebel against it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky_house Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Hoax mail or not, we still have to do it at the end of March and October each year, here in the UK. Putting the clocks back one hour in October, when the nights are long and cold is not too bad. An extra hour in bed ( or for those all night clubbers, an extra hour dancing), is quite nice. but losing an hours sleep in Spring is not so nice. :-( On the whole, its just a part of our life, so no big deal. It just happens, twice a year, every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeGeneve Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Yes it's a hoax mail which has found its gullible target...However it would be nice to put the clock forward so the sun rises and sets at 7:00 instead of 6:00. This would give an extra hour of daylight for most Bangkokians. It's been suggested in parliament in the past, but the upcountry folk always rebel against it... Well if it is a hoax then the Bangkok Post was also taken in as I remembered reading about this a couple of weeks ago in Madrid (then reflecting on the relative nature of time); CHRONOMETRY And the official time is... Bangkok Post 07/08/08 All public and official clocks in Thailand will be reset to a standard time on Aug 23, ensuring people across the country all hear the national anthem at exactly the same time. The standard time will be determined by the Hydrographic Department, part of the navy, and enforced throughout the country. The public will be able to tune in to FM radio stations for official time announcements, at 8am and 6pm. Pian Totarong, director of the National Institute of Metrology, which governs national measurement standards, said at present the country has no standard time. This meant the playing of the national anthem differed among provinces. The Science and Technology Ministry will require all telecommunications operators, visual and audio broadcasters, computer networks and internet cafes to follow the standard time. Violators could be fined between 100,000 and 500,000 baht, said Mr Pian. He said the clock reset would benefit agencies where precision counts, particularly those working in security, public health, scientific research and satellite technology. The hoax part may well be that someone in the govt actually thinks that it will be possible to syncronise all govt clocks! But is does seem a little absurd that if in 2008, "...the country has no standard time", as the article reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeGeneve Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Spent half my life dealing with 'daylight saving' in Australia. Each year, we had to put our clocks 1 hour ahead, or back.... then do same again 3 months later.Yes, it can be a real pain the arse :roll: Mate, when and where was it ever 3 months??? Since childhood, it was always 5-6 months of daylight savings for me. Summer in Oz could be a pain sometimes, 5 or 6 different time zones in the country (as opposed to the normal 3 time zones) depending on which stage of summer it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niranahm Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 The hoax was that clocks would be put forward 30 minutes -- not mentioned in the article you quoted, but popular in forwarded email in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now