Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international telephone calls to Philippines from another country:

1) Get the lowest telephone call rate for Philippines, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 63 + City Area Code + Local number

If you wish to make a telephone call from Philippines you will need to dial philippines-exit-code (eg: philippines-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual date and time in Manila, Philippines can be found at Time in Manila.

Philippines’s standard time is 8 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Philippines does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Philippines are frequently identified as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was once named STD codes in Philippines.

These phone area codes are important only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Interestingly it is essential when making a telephone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Philippines commonly reveal geographical areas within Philippines which can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Philippines is normally preceded in the dial string by the Filipino country code or the international access code for Philippines ("63").

Phone Area codes in Philippines tend to be quoted along with the country access code for Philippines.