Singapore Standard Time
E576620
Singapore Standard Time is the time zone used throughout Singapore, corresponding to UTC+8 with no daylight saving time.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Singapore Standard Time canonical | 61 |
| Asia/Singapore | 4 |
| Singapore Time | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6203824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Singapore Standard Time Context triple: [Central Area, Singapore, timeZone, Singapore Standard Time]
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A.
Malaysia Time
Malaysia Time is the standard time zone used throughout Malaysia, set eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8).
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B.
Myanmar Standard Time
Myanmar Standard Time is the time zone used throughout Myanmar, set at UTC+6:30 with no daylight saving time.
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C.
Sri Lanka Standard Time
Sri Lanka Standard Time is the time zone used throughout Sri Lanka, set at UTC+5:30.
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D.
Indochina Time
Indochina Time is the standard time zone (UTC+7) used in several Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
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E.
Philippine Standard Time
Philippine Standard Time is the official time zone of the Philippines, observed as UTC+8 without daylight saving time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Singapore Standard Time Target entity description: Singapore Standard Time is the time zone used throughout Singapore, corresponding to UTC+8 with no daylight saving time.
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A.
Malaysia Time
Malaysia Time is the standard time zone used throughout Malaysia, set eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8).
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B.
Myanmar Standard Time
Myanmar Standard Time is the time zone used throughout Myanmar, set at UTC+6:30 with no daylight saving time.
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C.
Sri Lanka Standard Time
Sri Lanka Standard Time is the time zone used throughout Sri Lanka, set at UTC+5:30.
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D.
Indochina Time
Indochina Time is the standard time zone (UTC+7) used in several Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
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E.
Philippine Standard Time
Philippine Standard Time is the official time zone of the Philippines, observed as UTC+8 without daylight saving time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | time zone ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
SGT
ⓘ
SST ⓘ |
| appliesUniformlyNationwide | true ⓘ |
| countryUsedIn | Singapore ⓘ |
| daylightSavingTimeOffset | +0 ⓘ |
| DSTEndRule | none ⓘ |
| DSTObserved | false ⓘ |
| DSTStartRule | none ⓘ |
| followsSameTimeAs |
China Standard Time
ⓘ
Hong Kong Time ⓘ Malaysia Time ⓘ |
| governingAuthority | Government of Singapore ⓘ |
| historicalChange | Singapore previously used UTC+7:30 before adopting UTC+8 ⓘ |
| IANAZoneIdentifier |
Asia/Singapore
ⓘ
linked to:
UTC+8
|
| isFixedOffset | true ⓘ |
| ISO3166CountryCodeOfRegion | SG ⓘ |
| legalTimeIn | Singapore ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | no ⓘ |
| offsetFromUTCInHours | +8 ⓘ |
| region | Asia ⓘ |
| standardTimeOffset | +8 ⓘ |
| timeNotation | 24-hour clock ⓘ |
| timeOffsetFromGreenwichMeanTime | +8 hours ⓘ |
| usedForCivilTimekeepingIn | Singapore ⓘ |
| usedInAviationTimezoneDesignation | UTC+8 ⓘ |
| usedInMajorCity |
Singapore (city)
ⓘ
linked to:
Singapore
|
| usedInTelecommunicationsStandardization | Singapore ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | UTC+08:00 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Singapore Standard Time Description of subject: Singapore Standard Time is the time zone used throughout Singapore, corresponding to UTC+8 with no daylight saving time.
Referenced by (66)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Singapore Standard Time
Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School
→
locatedInTimeZone
→
Singapore Standard Time
ⓘ
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
→
locatedInTimeZone
→
Singapore Standard Time
ⓘ
subject linked to:
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
→
locatedInTimeZone
→
Singapore Standard Time
ⓘ
subject linked to:
College of Engineering
subject linked to:
Rochor, Singapore
linked to: Singapore Standard Time
subject linked to:
Museum, Singapore (planning area)
linked to: Singapore Standard Time
subject linked to:
Housing and Development Board of Singapore
Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
→
locatedInTimeZone
→
Singapore Standard Time
ⓘ
subject linked to:
Department of Infectious Diseases
linked to: Singapore Standard Time