CHOST to HKT Converter

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CHOST
Choibalsan Summer Time
UTC+9
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9pm
CHOST is not used on this date
This converter keeps CHOST at UTC+9. Choibalsan uses CHOT (UTC+8) on this date. Open the CHOT converter, or choose Baruun Urt for city-specific time.
HKT
Hong Kong Time
UTC+8
1h behind
12am
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9am
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9pm

Quick answers

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9:00 pm21:00 CHOST (UTC+9), Oct 27, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 HKT (UTC+8), Oct 27, 2026

CHOST is 1 hour ahead of HKT.

CHOST and HKT examples

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

CHOST is 1 hour ahead of HKT.

How the time difference changes

CHOST is 1 hour ahead of HKT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CHOST correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in HKT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CHOST correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in HKT.

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

Time Difference

Choibalsan Summer Time is 1 hour ahead of Hong Kong Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in CHOST is 8:00 pm20:00 in HKT

CHOST to HKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in CHOST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in HKT

9:00 pm21:00 Choibalsan Summer Time (CHOST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

9:00 pm21:00 CHOST / 8:00 pm20:00 HKT

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Choibalsan Summer Time

Offset: CHOST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

CHOST 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 CHOST
  • 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

Hong Kong Time

Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Hong Kong

Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT time zone is Hong Kong in Hong Kong, with about 7.396 million people.

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

Map of the areas on Hong Kong Time (HKT)
HKT all year

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HKT 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 HKT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects HKT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Hong_Kong
  • Hongkong
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