Malaysia Time

E35608

Malaysia Time is the standard time zone used throughout Malaysia, set eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8).

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf standard time
time zone
abbreviation MYT
appliesToEntireCountry true
appliesToRegion East Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Labuan
Malay Peninsula
surface form: Peninsular Malaysia

Putrajaya
Sabah
Sarawak
coordinatedBy Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia
Government of Malaysia
surface form: Malaysian government
country Malaysia
countryUsedIn Malaysia
DSTObserved false
isUniformAcrossCountry true
legalStatus official time of Malaysia
observesDaylightSavingTime no
offsetFromCoordinatedUniversalTime +08:00
offsetFromGreenwichMeanTime GMT+8
previousStandardTimeBeforeUnification UTC+7:30
region Southeast Asia
sameUTCOffsetAs China Standard Time
Hong Kong Time
Philippine Standard Time
surface form: Philippine Time

Malaysia Time self-linksurface differs
surface form: Singapore Time

Australian Western Standard Time
surface form: Western Australia Standard Time (non‑DST)
timeNotationAlsoUsed 12-hour clock
timeNotationCommonlyUsed 24-hour clock
timeStandardType single time zone for whole country
timeZoneDatabaseIdentifier Malaysia Time self-linksurface differs
surface form: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
typicalIANAZoneUsed Malaysia Time self-linksurface differs
surface form: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
usedFor civil timekeeping in Malaysia
usedInContext broadcast scheduling in Malaysia
business hours in Malaysia
government operations in Malaysia
transport timetables in Malaysia
UTCOffset UTC+8
UTCOffsetHours 8

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bukit Mertajam timeZone Malaysia Time
Tawau District timeZone Malaysia Time
Marang District timeZone Malaysia Time
Subang, Malaysia timeZone Malaysia Time
Seremban Jaya timeZone Malaysia Time