Current time in Bangkok

Indochina Time, unchanged since 1920

Bangkok uses Indochina Time (ICT), seven hours ahead of UTC. Thailand adopted this offset on 1 April 1920 and has not changed it or used daylight saving time since. Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos keep the same time, and so does Jakarta. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong are one hour ahead. London is seven hours behind Bangkok in winter and six hours behind in summer.

The Thai six-hour clock

In everyday speech Thais divide the day into four blocks of six hours, each with its own word, and count from one to six within each block. Seven in the morning is “one o’clock in the morning” (nueng mong chao), seven in the evening is “one thum” and eight in the evening “two thum”, names that recall the drum once beaten to mark the night hours. Timetables, tickets and official documents use the 24-hour clock.

The year 2569, and a pause at eight and six

Thailand counts its years in the Buddhist Era, which runs 543 years ahead of the Gregorian count: 2026 is the year 2569. The months and days are the same, but the Buddhist year appears on official forms, receipts and expiry dates. The day also has two fixed points. At 08:00 and 18:00 the national anthem is played in stations, parks and on the air, and people stop where they are until it ends.

Bangkok: time zone at a glance

Time zone

Asia/Bangkok

UTC offset

UTC+7, all year

Clock changes

None scheduled

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