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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

Government Offices:

8.30 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Banks: 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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