how many time zones in pinas? here's an example of government wasting time and money

[SiQ]

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of course. just for synchronization, thats all. whats the big deal about this? its just a mandate to all government agencies to synchronize their time. its about time we have a standard time. kay para hibalo ta kung unsa jud orasa mag abre ug magsara atong mga government agencies. kaysa magkara kara ta ug dagan apas alas singko tapos pag abot nato didto, sarado na diay kay lahi sila ug oras. hehehehe.

would it be better for some government offices to open/close at certain hours to better serve the public than to have a 8-5 hrs?

[wak_wak]

for the sake na naa kunoy ma comment, mao ng pataka nalang ug post, hahahaha.. gamiton pud nato si brain pag may time =P

[wojciech]

would it be better for some government offices to open/close at certain hours to better serve the public than to have a 8-5 hrs?

naunsa naman ni uy! lagpas naman kaayu ni

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in the first place man gud sayop ang TITTLE... TS ipa close tani uy!!!! mutaas nig maayu na thread labi ni sakyan sa mga wa jud tawn kasabot

[hunyanggo1977]

the advantage of this law is that now we will have an official timekeeper which is the PAGASA of DOST. unlike before bisan asa lang ta mo synchronize sa atong time. sa Kapamilya, some sa Kapuso, and others sa Kapatid and since lahilahi sila ug time, so lahilahi pod tawn tang mga ordinary people ug time. karon, sa PAGASA na ta mukuha, so whatever time nila mao na pod ang atong time. di na ka makarason nga maoy time imong nakuha sa TV...jejeje

pero kanang gitawag ug "Filipino Time", aw cancer na na siya. di na makaya og cure ug usa ka balaod kay sa character na na siya sa tawo...

[SiQ]

which part you didn't get wojciech?

[Syd_M]

would it be better for some government offices to open/close at certain hours to better serve the public than to have a 8-5 hrs?

What the heck does that have to do with this law? The Republic Act No. 10535 (aka Philippine Standard Time Act of 2013) simply mandates that all local and national government offices, and private and state-owned media outlets are required to synchronize their time with PAGASA, which in turn uses NTP to display the accurate Philippine time (GMT+8 ) as set by international standards. No mention of changed working hours or other time zones whatsoever. All this Republic Act does is legalize the standard time in the Philippines -- something that has been long overdue -- no more and no less.

Anyway, this is me reading the thread:


I guess this just goes to show that the government really needs to step up their information drives. This should have been a simple, easy-to-understand bill, so I'm quite surprised that there's been this much misunderstanding about it. Also, we are the ones on the Internet, which implies that we have access to information... so why so much misunderstanding? Seems to me that if the government just did a better job of explaining things, there's be less complaining from the populace.

[SiQ]

you know what time is it, right? read the part that says "to provide funds." in passing this law. got it? it probably cost the tax payer millions of pesos just to pass this law, hundred of million more to "buy" the equipments to tell you what time. I hope you understand what I mean by "buy."

[Syd_M]

So they need funds for installation, operation and maintenance of synchronized time devices. So what? Of course it needs money -- one would be incredibly naive to think it'll all be free. The enforcement of any law requires funds, plain and simple. Also, this law is is hardly a waste of money; in fact, it saves money. Do you think people would just follow the international time standards out of the goodness of their hearts? Heck, there are establishments where their clocks are set several minutes late or advanced and, prior to the passing of this law, no one could stop them from doing it. The lack of a legal standard meant that people could do whatever they want regardless of whatever the scientific standards say. Making the legal standard match the scientific standard removes that excuse. Once this law takes effect, if you ever go into an establishment that doesn't use the PST and they try to lock you out because it's their closing time (just as an example) even if the PST says otherwise, you would now have a valid reason to file a complaint.

[SiQ]

you said it all bro, thank you,, mods,, please close,