CST – China Standard Time (Standard Time)
China Standard Time (CST) is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. This time zone is in use during standard time in: Asia.
Email time zone indicator: +0800
An email sent from someone in the China Standard Time (CST) time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0800" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0800" does not have to be in China Standard Time, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
Where and when is CST observed?
Asia
Asian countries/territories using CST all year
- China
- Macau
- Taiwan
Other time zones in UTC +8
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as CST, but can be found under a different name:
- AWST – Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT – Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST – Casey Time
- CHOT – Choibalsan Time
- H – Hotel Time Zone
- HKT – Hong Kong Time
- HOVST – Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT – Irkutsk Time
- KRAST – Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT – Malaysia Time
- PHT – Philippine Time
- SGT – Singapore Time
- ULAT – Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA – Central Indonesian Time
CST time now
4:04:55PM
Saturday, May 14, 2016
- UTC Offset: UTC +8
- 12 hours ahead of Washington DC
Find current time and time zone by city
Other time zones named CST
CST – Central Standard Time
CST – Cuba Standard Time
Example cities
Taiwan – Taipei (All Year)
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