Time in Malaysia

Between the end of the Second World War and the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, it was known as British Malayan Standard Time, which was GMT+07:30.

[3] This is enforced in law through the Malaysian Standard Time Act 1981.

On 1 January 1990, the Malaysian Cabinet appointed the National Metrology Laboratory (SIRIM) as the official timekeeper of Malaysia.

The cuurent timekeeping references to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) standard +00:00 area, offset forward by 8 hours (UTC+08:00).

This timescale is derived from five atomic clocks maintained by SIRIM and is always within 0.9 seconds of the legal time.