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Date
& Time |
The official Thai calendar
is calculated from the beginning of the Buddhist Era in 543
BC. The year 2000 AD is therefore 2543 BE. The year is subdivided
into 12 months, the same as the Roman calendar.
Thailand Standard Time is
7 hours ahead of Universal Time or Greenwich Mean Time (London).
At noon in Bangkok the time is 5.00 a.m. in London, midnight
in New York (except during Daylight Savings Time), 9.00 p.m.
the previous day in Los Angeles (except during Daylight Savings
Time), 3.00 p.m. in Sydney and 5.00 p.m. in Auckland.
Be careful when asking a Thai
the time. Sometimes they use a six-hour clock system when
measuring the time. Seven in the evening becomes one o’clock,
11.00 p.m. becomes five o’clock, etc. The system is mainly
used in conversation.
In Thailand, Saturdays and
Sundays are holidays but most shops throughout the country
including the major department stores and shopping complexes
stay open.
Business hours are
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Government
Offices:
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8.30
a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. |
| Banks:
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8.30
a.m. to 3.30 p.m. |
| Department
Stores: |
10.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. |
| Shops: |
8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. |
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