Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Switzerland from abroad:

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for Switzerland, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 41 + City Area Code + Local number

If you need to make a call from Switzerland you will need to dial switzerland-exit-code (eg: switzerland-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Zurich, Switzerland can be found at Time in Zurich.

Switzerland’s standard time is 1 Hour away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Switzerland utilises Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Switzerland are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in Switzerland.

These phone area codes are necessary only when calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is a must when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Switzerland frequently signify geographical areas within Switzerland that can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Switzerland is frequently preceded in the dial string by the Swiss country code or the international access code for Switzerland ("41").

Phone Area codes in Switzerland can be quoted together with the country access code for Switzerland.