There's a growing discussion about reverting Peninsular Malaysia's time zone to GMT+7, which reflects the sun's natural position. The current GMT+8, adopted to follow Sabah and Sarawak, creates an unnatural body clock (circadian rhythm) conflict with very late sunrises. As someone from Sabah, I feel the difference acutely—our time feels natural, but the Peninsular's time is jarring.
https://weblog.kalvin.my/the-gmt-8-time-zone-dilemma-peninsular-versus-sabahs-sunrise/
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The GMT+8 Time Zone Dilemma: Peninsular Versus Sabah's Sunrise
I saw a post about Peninsular Malaysian people wanting to bring back Peninsular Malaysian time, GMT+7, instead of the current GMT+8, which follows East Malaysia's time zone. They complained that waking up around 7am is not natural and feels weird to those who wake up naturally around 6am.




