CST: China Standard Time
China Standard Time, UTC+8 right now. Used in China. No daylight saving time.
CST · China Standard Time
CST
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
UTC+8
- Abbreviation
- CST
- Full name
- China Standard Time
- UTC offset now
- UTC+8
- Standard time
- UTC+8
- Daylight saving
- No
- Reference zone
Asia/Shanghai- Where
- China
Daylight saving time in CST
There is no daylight saving time: the offset is UTC+8 all year.
Countries and cities on CST
Where China Standard Time is kept, with each country's largest cities in the zone. Open a city for its clock, sunrise and sunset, and the time difference to the rest of the world.
Frequently asked questions
The clock at the top of this page shows the current time in China Standard Time (CST), following the rules of the Asia/Shanghai time zone. It is UTC+8 at the moment.
CST stands for China Standard Time. It is used in China.
CST is UTC+8, all year round.
There is no daylight saving time: the offset is UTC+8 all year.
Other time zones
- UTCThe world's reference time
- GMTUTC+0 all year
- EST/EDTUS & Canada
- CST/CDTUS
- MST/MDTUS & Canada
- PST/PDTUS & Canada
- AKST/AKDTAlaska
- HSTHawaii
- AST/ADTAtlantic Canada & the Caribbean
- NST/NDTNewfoundland
- GMT/BSTUnited Kingdom
- WET/WESTPortugal & the Canary Islands
- CET/CESTBerlin
- EET/EESTAthens
- MSKMoscow
- TRTTürkiye
- EATNairobi
- CATMaputo
- SASTSouth Africa
- WATLagos
- ASTSaudi Arabia
- GSTUAE & Oman
- IRSTIran
- PKTPakistan
- ISTIndia
- IST/IDTIsrael
- GMT/ISTIreland
- NPTNepal
- BSTBangladesh
- ICTThailand
- WIBJakarta
- HKTHong Kong
- SGTSingapore
- MYTMalaysia
- PHTPhilippines
- AWSTPerth
- JSTJapan
- KSTSouth Korea
- ACST/ACDTAdelaide
- AEST/AEDTSydney
- NZST/NZDTNew Zealand
- BRTSão Paulo
- ARTArgentina
- CST/CDTCuba
- SSTAmerican Samoa
- AoEUTC−12 all year
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.