DAVAO CITY, Jan. 8 (PIA) – As the year 2014 starts, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has once again urged the public to ensure that time devices at home and in offices must be set to the Philippine Standard Time (PhST).
The call is part of DOST’s PhST campaign known as Juan Time “Pinoy Ako On Time Ako” aiming at synchronizing all timepieces and devices in the country and promoting the new definition of “Filipino Time” which is on time.
DOST said the highlight of the PhST campaign was the New Year countdown using PhST, which was adopted by major television networks and telecommunication giants.
Republic Act No. 10535, otherwise known as "The Philippine Standard Time Act of 2013" mandated all national and local government offices to display the PhST on their official time devices to include bundy clocks.
Using its network time protocol, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) provides the official time as the country’s official timekeeper.
The PhST is viewed at pagasa.gov.ph and dost.gov.ph websites.
The PhST Act which was signed into law by President Benigno Simeon Aquino III on May 15, 2013, also declared the observance of the National Time Consciousness Week which was celebrated for the first time in the country from January 1 to 7 this year.
The law further directed PAGASA’s Time Service Unit to monitor, maintain and disseminate the PhST throughout the country, in coordination with DOST. (PIA-11/Carina L. Cayon)
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