Date and time notation in Thailand
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Full date | 1 พฤษภาคม 2567 |
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All-numeric date | 1/5/2567 |
Time | 19:28 |
Thailand has adopted ISO 8601 under national standard: TIS 1111:2535 in 1992. However, in practice, there are some variations.
Date
Thailand uses the
In full date format, the year is marked with "พ.ศ." (Buddhist era) or "ค.ศ." (lit. Anno Domini) to avoid confusion. As each calendar is 543 years apart, there is very little confusion in the contemporary context.
Time
There are two systems of telling time in Thailand. Official time follows a 24-hour clock. The 24-hour clock is commonly used in military, aviation, navigation, meteorology, astronomy, computing, logistical, emergency services, and hospital settings, where the ambiguities of the 12-hour clock cannot be tolerated.
In the second, everyday usage, the day is divided into four six-hour periods.[2]: 101 Additional words are used to identify the period specified (similar to a.m. or p.m. for a 12-hour system).
The distinguishing words are:[3]
- 00:00-00:59 = เที่ยงคืน thiang khuen
- 01:00-05:59 = ตี ti
- 06:00-11:59 = โมงเช้า mong chao
- 12:00-12:59 = เที่ยง tiang
- 13:00-15:59 = บ่ายโมง bai mong
- 16:00-18:59 = โมงเย็น mong yen
- 19:00-23:59 = ทุ่ม thum
Thailand is in the
See also
References
- ^ "Buddhist Calendar".
- ISBN 9789745241374.
- ^ "Telling Time". thai-language.com. Retrieved 17 May 2019.