Philippine Standard Time Philippine Standard Time Philippine Standard Time (, abbreviated PST or PhST), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), is the official name for the time in the Philippines. The country only uses one time zone (), and for a short period, it also used daylight saving time. Geographically, the Philippines lies within 116°40′ and 126°34′ east of the Prime Meridian, and is physically located within the time zone. Philippine Standard Time is maintained by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). The Philippines shares the same time zone with Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, central Indonesia,
Standard Swedish there is no one standard for spoken Swedish. There are several regional varieties (acrolects or prestige dialects) that are used in official contexts. The major regional variants include those of South Sweden (based on South Swedish dialects), Western Sweden (centered on Gothenburg), Central Sweden (centered on the capital of Stockholm) and Northern Sweden (based on Norrland dialects). There is also a separate standard for Swedish in Finland based on Finland Swedish. In national broadcast media Sweden, several of these occur, though the Central Swedish variant dominates and is often perceived as more "standardized" and more neutral than the others. Swedish