Time in Malaysia: Difference between revisions

'''Malaysian Standard Time''' ('''MST'''; {{lang-ms|Waktu Piawai Malaysia}}, {{lang|ms|WPM}}) or '''Malaysian Time''' ('''MYT''') is a [[standard time]] used in [[Malaysia]]. It is 8 hours ahead of [[Greenwich Mean Time]] and [[Coordinated Universal Time]]. The local mean time in [[Kuala Lumpur]] was originally UTC+06:46:46. [[Peninsular Malaysia]] used this local mean time until 1 January 1901, when they changed to Singapore mean time UTC+06:55:25. Between the end of the [[Second World War]] and the formation of [[Malaysia]] on 16 September 1963, it was known as '''[[British Malaya]]n [[Standard Time]]''', which was 7UTC+07:30 hours ahead of [[Greenwich Mean Time]]. At 2330 hrs local time of 31 December 1981, people in [[Peninsular Malaysia]] adjusted their clocks and watches ahead by 30 minutes to become 00:00 hours local time of 1 January 1982, to match the time in use in [[East Malaysia]], which is UTC+08:00. SGT ([[Singapore]]) as follow on the same until now.