Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Malaysia from abroad:

1) Obtain the lowest telephone call rate for Malaysia, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 60 + City Area Code + Local number

In order to make a phone call from Malaysia you will have to dial malaysia-exit-code (eg: malaysia-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual current date and time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia can be found at Time in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia’s standard time is 8 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Malaysia does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Malaysia are generally known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was formerly termed STD codes in Malaysia.

These phone area codes are needed only if calling from outside the telephone code area. Nevertheless it is necessary when making a calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Malaysia in general specify geographical areas within Malaysia which might be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Malaysia is often preceded in the dial string by the Malaysian country code or the international access code for Malaysia ("60").

Phone Area codes in Malaysia will often be quoted including the country access code for Malaysia.