Dialing between countries
1. Dial your international dialing prefix
It is common to position a "+" sign at the beginning of phone numbers followed by the country code and the phone number. The "+" sign represents the international dialing prefix. The international dial prefix varies depending on the country you are calling from
usually 011 when dialing from the US
usually 00 when dialing from Europe
2. Dial the country code
The list below will have this information for you. You can also view this information and more at http://dialingplans.com/country-codes.shtml
3. Dial the phone number
exclude the number in brackets (usually a zero) if there is one.
Time Zone Information
Remember to be mindful that you may be calling a different time zone.
Calculating Time Differences using GMT
In order to establish the number of hours a country is ahead or behind your local time, you can calculate the difference in Greenwich Mean Time or GMT between the two locations. For example, when calling from the US Eastern Time Zone (which is -5 hr GMT) to Sweden (which is +1 hr GMT) the time difference is + 6 hours (12 noon in the US Eastern Time Zone would be 6 pm in Sweden).
|
Country
|
Local
Time relative to
GMT
|
Country
Code
|
|
Argentina
|
- 3 hr
|
54
|
|
Australia
|
+ 10 hr
|
61
|
|
Austria
|
+ 1 hr
|
43
|
|
Belgium
|
+ 1 hr
|
32
|
|
Bermuda
|
- 4 hr
|
441
|
|
Bulgaria
|
+ 2 hr
|
359
|
|
Canada
|
- 3.5 to
- 8 hr
|
1
|
|
Caribbean
|
- 4 to -
5 hr
|
1
|
|
Chile
|
- 4 hr
|
56
|
|
China
|
+ 8 hr
|
86
|
|
Costa
Rica
|
- 6 hr
|
506
|
|
Croatia
|
+ 1 hr
|
385
|
|
Cyprus
|
+ 2 hr
|
357
|
|
Czech
Republic
|
+ 1 hr
|
420
|
|
Denmark
|
+ 1 hr
|
45
|
|
Estonia
|
+ 1 hr
|
372
|
|
Fiji
|
+ 11 hr
|
679
|
|
Finland
|
+ 2 hr
|
358
|
|
France
|
+ 1 hr
|
33
|
|
Germany
|
+ 1 hr
|
49
|
|
Ghana
|
- 1 hr
|
233
|
|
Gibraltar
|
+ 1 hr
|
350
|
|
Greece
|
+ 0 hr
|
30
|
|
Hong
Kong
|
+ 7 hr
|
852
|
|
Hungary
|
+ 1 hr
|
36
|
|
India
|
+ 4.5 hr
|
91
|
|
Indonesia
|
+ 6 to +
8 hr
|
62
|
|
Ireland
|
+ 0 hr
|
353
|
|
Israel
|
+ 2 hr
|
972
|
|
Italy
|
+ 1 hr
|
39
|
|
Ivory
Coast
|
+ 0 hr
|
225
|
|
Japan
|
+ 9 hr
|
81
|
|
Latvia
|
+ 2 hr
|
371
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
+ 1 hr
|
423
|
|
Luxembourg
|
+ 1 hr
|
352
|
|
Macau
|
+ 7 hr
|
853
|
|
Macedonia
|
+ 1 hr
|
389
|
|
Malaysia
|
+ 7 hr
|
60
|
|
Malta
|
+ 1 hr
|
356
|
|
Martinique
|
- 4 hr
|
596
|
|
Mauritius
|
+ 2 hr
|
230
|
|
Mexico
|
- 6 to -
8 hr
|
52
|
|
Morocco
|
- 1 hr
|
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