Time and Business Hours

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The time in Thailand is seven hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (+7 GMT). For business hours, most private offices work 5 days a week, usually from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Government offices are generally open between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. with a noon to 1:00 p.m. lunch break, Monday to Friday except on public holidays.

Banks are open Mondays to Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. except on public holidays.

Many stores are open seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Major post offices are open Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday to Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Thai Calendar

Thailand has adopted the Western calendar dividing the year into days, weeks and months and using Thai names for days and months. Years may be numbered according to the Buddhist era (BE) or Christian era (CE). The Buddhist era began 543 years before the Christian era, therefore 2009 (CE) is BE 2552 and 2010 is BE 2553.

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