China is large country and it tried to get 1 timezone that worked for it best. Australia is correctly timezoned.sundaymorningstaple wrote:It's not the only place. China only has a single time zone! Australia has 4.5 time zones.
http://www.worldtimezone.com/
Why is it important it should be the same?Wd40 wrote:Singapore though is the same timezone as Perth! While Perth is much further away.
It is not that important. Just that it feels very odd for Singapore to share the same timezone as Hong Kong and Shanghai. When geographically it is not placed that far east. Just feels out of place.x9200 wrote:Why is it important it should be the same?Wd40 wrote:Singapore though is the same timezone as Perth! While Perth is much further away.
Supposedly to be closer to HK trading hours ....rajagainstthemachine wrote:maybe gmt+8 was chosen to be more suitable for a commercial reason than a scientific one
here is a reference.
china is crazy. i was at this place where the sun start coming in at 2:30amsundaymorningstaple wrote:It's not the only place. China only has a single time zone! Australia has 4.5 time zones.
http://www.worldtimezone.com/
i am so used to the fact that HK, SH and SG shared the same timezone i did not even feel it out of place...Wd40 wrote:It is not that important. Just that it feels very odd for Singapore to share the same timezone as Hong Kong and Shanghai. When geographically it is not placed that far east. Just feels out of place.x9200 wrote:Why is it important it should be the same?Wd40 wrote:Singapore though is the same timezone as Perth! While Perth is much further away.
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