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AWST/AWDT
Australian Western Standard Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
AWDT is not used on this date.

This converter uses AWST (UTC+8), as in Perth.

CST
China Standard Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

8:00 pm20:00 AWST (UTC+8), Oct 7, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 CST (UTC+8), Oct 7, 2026

AWST and CST have the same local time.

AWDT and CST examples

These examples always use AWDT (UTC+9) and CST (UTC+8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AWDT is 1 hour ahead of CST.

How the time difference changes

AWST and CST Asia have the same time year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AWST correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST Asia.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AWST correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in CST Asia.

Compare AWDT time with CST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Australian Western Standard Time and China Standard Time have the same local time.
8:00 pm20:00 in AWST is 8:00 pm20:00 in CST

AWST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in AWST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in CST

8:00 pm20:00 Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 AWST / 8:00 pm20:00 CST

AWSTCST
12:00am12:00am
1:00am1:00am
2:00am2:00am
3:00am3:00am
4:00am4:00am
5:00am5:00am
6:00am6:00am
7:00am7:00am
8:00am8:00am
9:00am9:00am
10:00am10:00am
11:00am11:00am
12:00pm12:00pm
1:00pm1:00pm
2:00pm2:00pm
3:00pm3:00pm
4:00pm4:00pm
5:00pm5:00pm
6:00pm6:00pm
7:00pm7:00pm
8:00pm8:00pm
9:00pm9:00pm
10:00pm10:00pm
11:00pm11:00pm
00:0000:00
01:0001:00
02:0002:00
03:0003:00
04:0004:00
05:0005:00
06:0006:00
07:0007:00
08:0008:00
09:0009:00
10:0010:00
11:0011:00
12:0012:00
13:0013:00
14:0014:00
15:0015:00
16:0016:00
17:0017:00
18:0018:00
19:0019:00
20:0020:00
21:0021:00
22:0022:00
23:0023:00

Australian Western Daylight Time

Offset: AWDT is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

AWDT Time Zone Geo Map
AWDT timezone map

AWDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for AWDT
  • I - short form of 'India'
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time

China Standard Time

Offset: CST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: China, Macau, Taiwan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Shanghai in China, with about 24.875 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Beijing, Chengdu, Taipei, Chongqing.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in China Standard Time (CST) do not change for daylight saving time, so CST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

CST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for CST
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Chongqing
  • Asia/Chungking
  • Asia/Harbin
  • Asia/Macao
  • Asia/Macau
  • Asia/Shanghai
  • Asia/Taipei
  • PRC
  • ROC
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard 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