Aku membaca buku-buku dan majalah-majalah untuk menghabiskan waktu.

Sentence Discussions Indonesian
#1

To waste time or to pass time? Better than to keep up with?

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#2
English Translation

I read books and magazines to keep up with the times.

Agreed. The Indonesian author on Tatoeba misunderstood the meaning of “to keep up with the times” (= to catch up with the recent news and trends).
“Menghabiskan waktu” literally means “to exhaust/fulfill time”. So, I think “to kill time” sounds good in English if the Indonesian sentence stays as it is.