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 Chinese Standard Chinese Standard Chinese, also known as Modern Standard Mandarin, Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese (MSMC), or simply Mandarin, is a standard variety of Chinese that is the sole official language of China, the de facto official language of Taiwan and also one of the four official languages of Singapore. Its pronunciation is based on the Beijing dialect, its vocabulary on the Mandarin dialects, and its grammar is based on written vernacular Chinese. Like other varieties of Chinese, Standard Chinese is a tonal language with topic-prominent organization and subject–verb–object word order. It has more initial consonants but fewer vowels,