BST to CST Asia
Time Difference
British Summer Time is 7 hours behind China Standard Time
8:30 pm20:30 in BST is 3:30 am03:30 in CST
BST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-11am in BST which corresponds to 3pm-6pm in CST
8:30 pm20:30 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
3:30 am03:30 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 BST / 3:30 am03:30 CST
BST | CST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 7am |
1am | 8am |
2am | 9am |
3am | 10am |
4am | 11am |
5am | 12pm (noon) |
6am | 1pm |
7am | 2pm |
8am | 3pm |
9am | 4pm |
10am | 5pm |
11am | 6pm |
12pm (noon) | 7pm |
1pm | 8pm |
2pm | 9pm |
3pm | 10pm |
4pm | 11pm |
5pm | 12am (midnight) |
6pm | 1am |
7pm | 2am |
8pm | 3am |
9pm | 4am |
10pm | 5am |
11pm | 6am |
0:00 | 7:00 |
1:00 | 8:00 |
2:00 | 9:00 |
3:00 | 10:00 |
4:00 | 11:00 |
5:00 | 12:00 |
6:00 | 13:00 |
7:00 | 14:00 |
8:00 | 15:00 |
9:00 | 16:00 |
10:00 | 17:00 |
11:00 | 18:00 |
12:00 | 19:00 |
13:00 | 20:00 |
14:00 | 21:00 |
15:00 | 22:00 |
16:00 | 23:00 |
17:00 | 0:00 |
18:00 | 1:00 |
19:00 | 2:00 |
20:00 | 3:00 |
21:00 | 4:00 |
22:00 | 5:00 |
23:00 | 6:00 |
British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier

Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 2:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on last Sunday of March
End: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on last Sunday of October
BST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- Brasilia Standard Time - UTC -3
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
China Standard Time
Offset: CST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: China, Macau, Taiwan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Shanghai from China with population about 14.609 million people. Other major cities in the area are Zhumadian, Taipei, Beijing, Nanchong
Daylight Saving: China Standard Time (CST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore CST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, China Standard Time remains the same

CST representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for CST
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Chongqing
- Asia/Chungking
- Asia/Harbin
- Asia/Macao
- Asia/Macau
- Asia/Shanghai
- Asia/Taipei
- PRC
- ROC
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
- 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