Singapore Standard Time

Singapore Standard Time (abbreviation: SST; ) or Singapore Time (abbreviation: SIN; ) is the time zone used in Singapore, 8 hours ahead of UTC ().
History.
Singapore is situated 103° 51' 16" East of Greenwich and lies within the time zone. Before 31 May 1905, the local time was ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
During World War II, when the Japanese occupied Singapore, was used, to follow Japan time, while and were used for daylight saving time. When Peninsular Malaysia moved its standard time 30 minutes ahead from to on 31 December 1981, Singapore shifted too.
The city state started using on 1 January 1982 and the country celebrated New Year's Day half an hour earlier.