Standardisation of Time in Malaysia
Malaysia declared that people in West Malaysia would move their clocks ahead by 30 min to match the time in use in East Malaysia (UTC+08:00 hrs an UTC+08:00:00 ahead of Greenwich Mean Time) in 31 December 1981. However many found this to be awkward as most of Malaysia (roughly 80%) live in West Malaysia rather than in East Malaysia. The time was switched on 1 January 1982 at 6:00 am (old time) to 6:30 am (new time).
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