It is the most populoustime zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate forASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population of 1.4 billion people.
This time zone is used in all predominantlyChinese-speaking regions, giving international Chinese websites and TV channels the same time.
In Indonesia, it is known asCentral Indonesian Time (Indonesian:Waktu Indonesia Tengah / WITA) while in Western Australia, it is known asAustralian Western Standard Time.
Most ofXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (although many locals set their clocks at UTC+06:00 even if it is officially UTC+08:00, in any case work and shop schedules are two hours after Shanghai and Beijing).[6] See alsoTime in China.
The southern half of Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) was formerly part of this time zone prior to the national reunification on 30 April 1975, making it one hour ahead ofNorth Vietnam. After 1975, the whole country came under the North Vietnamese time zone, UTC+07:00.
According to Presidential Decree 41/1987, Indonesia's ex-province of Timor Timur used this time zone with neighboring East Nusa Tenggara and other provinces in Lesser Sunda Islands, parts of Kalimantan and Sulawesi[7] until independence asEast Timor, which the country changed to UTC+09:00 as the official time zone.
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