a computer to help calculate the time difference with every satellite within its antenna's field of view. On May 15, 2013, President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10535, better known as "The Philippine Standard Time (PST) Act" as the latest step of implementing the Juan Time. Since June 1, 2013, all government offices and media networks are required to synchronise their timepieces with PAGASA's rubidium atomic clock. In addition, the first week of January will be regularly observed as the National Time Consciousness Week. IANA time zone database The IANA time zone database contains one zone for the Philippines in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Manila Date and time format Date Standard: March 22, 2022 Formal (Public Documents): the 22nd day of March 2022 or 22 March 2022 Filipino: ika-22 ng Marso, 2022 or 22 Marso 2022 Passport: 22 03 2022 Time Standard: 12-hour clock Military/Scouting: US Military Time Public Transport and Marathon events: 24-hour clock Common Spoken Language Tagalized Spanish terminology (original Spanish spelling in parentheses; AM radio stations and everyday conversation) 8:41 – Alas otso kuwarenta y uno (A las ocho cuarenta y uno) 5:30 – Alas singko y medya (A las cinco y media) 3:00 – Alas tres (A las tres; en punto, literally meaning "on the dot", may be added to signify "o'Clock".) English (Business, Legal and others) 8:41 PM – Eight forty-one PM 5:30 AM – Five Thirty AM 3:00 PM – Three O'Clock or Three PM 12:00 PM – Twelve Midday or Twelve Noon – Twelve PM is seldom used as it might be confused with 12 Midnight 12:00 AM – Twelve Midnight – Twelve AM is seldom used as it might be confused with 12 Noon Tagalog and Filipino Starts with Spanish-derived (original spelling in parentheses) and ends with Tagalog – Umaga starts at 5:00 AM and ends 11:59 AM. Tanghalì is noon. Hapon starts at 1:00 PM and ends 5:59 PM. Gabí starts at 6:00 PM and ends 12:00 AM which is Hatinggabi. Madalíng Araw starts at 12:01 AM and ends 4:59 AM. Except in very formal situations, Filipinos rarely use the vernacular numbers in telling time. 8:41 P.M. – Alas otso kuwarenta y uno (A las ocho cuarenta y uno) ng gabí or Apatnapú't-isá(ng minuto) makalipas ng ikawaló ng gabí or (ika)waló at apatnapú't-isá (na) ng gabi 5:30 A.M. – Alas singko y medya (A las cinco y media) ng