Explaining Why Singapore SHOULD NOT Be at GMT+8 (opens in new tab)
The Blue Cats’ website: The Blue Cats' Instagram: -------- Time zones exist to standardise the different timings used across regions\. In the 1880s, the world agreed to divide the Earth into 24 vertical strips anchored to Greenwich in London, which is why GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time\. Each strip is 15 degrees of longitude wide and exactly one hour apart\. Singapore sits at about 103\.8 degrees east of Greenwich, which places it within the GMT\+7 strip alongside Bangkok and Jakarta\. ...
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