EST to CST to MST to PST to AKST to GMT to ACST to AWST to HKT
ACST is not used on this date
This converter keeps ACST at GMT +9:30. Adelaide uses ACDT (GMT +10:30) on this date. Open the ACDT converter, or choose Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, or Mount Gambier for city-specific time.Compare EST time with CST, MST, PST, AKST, GMT, ACST, AWST, and HKT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of Central Standard Time and 2 hours ahead of Mountain Standard Time and 3 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time and 4 hours ahead of Alaska Standard Time and 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and 14 hours and 30 minutes behind Australian Central Standard Time and 13 hours behind Australian Western Standard Time and 13 hours behind Hong Kong Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 6:00 am06:00 in CST and is 5:00 am05:00 in MST and is 4:00 am04:00 in PST and is 3:00 am03:00 in AKST and is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT and is 9:30 pm21:30 in ACST and is 8:00 pm20:00 in AWST and is 8:00 pm20:00 in HKT
EST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in EST which corresponds to 9am-4pm in CST
EST to MST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm in EST which corresponds to 9am-3pm in MST
EST to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in EST which corresponds to 9am-2pm in PST
EST to AKST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm in EST which corresponds to 9am-1pm in AKST
EST to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm in EST which corresponds to 2pm-5pm in GMT
EST to ACST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm in EST which corresponds to 8am-9am in ACST (next day)
EST to AWST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm in EST which corresponds to 7am-8am in AWST (next day)
EST to HKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm in EST which corresponds to 7am-8am in HKT (next day)
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Mountain Standard Time (MST). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 Alaska Standard Time (AKST). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
9:30 pm21:30 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 6:00 am06:00 CST / 5:00 am05:00 MST / 4:00 am04:00 PST / 3:00 am03:00 AKST / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT / 9:30 pm21:30 ACST / 8:00 pm20:00 AWST / 8:00 pm20:00 HKT
| EST | CST | MST | PST | AKST | GMT | ACST | AWST | HKT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11pm | 10pm | 9pm | 8pm | 5am | 2:30 pm | 1pm | 1pm |
| 1am | 12am (midnight) | 11pm | 10pm | 9pm | 6am | 3:30 pm | 2pm | 2pm |
| 2am | 1am | 12am (midnight) | 11pm | 10pm | 7am | 4:30 pm | 3pm | 3pm |
| 3am | 2am | 1am | 12am (midnight) | 11pm | 8am | 5:30 pm | 4pm | 4pm |
| 4am | 3am | 2am | 1am | 12am (midnight) | 9am | 6:30 pm | 5pm | 5pm |
| 5am | 4am | 3am | 2am | 1am | 10am | 7:30 pm | 6pm | 6pm |
| 6am | 5am | 4am | 3am | 2am | 11am | 8:30 pm | 7pm | 7pm |
| 7am | 6am | 5am | 4am | 3am | 12pm (noon) | 9:30 pm | 8pm | 8pm |
| 8am | 7am | 6am | 5am | 4am | 1pm | 10:30 pm | 9pm | 9pm |
| 9am | 8am | 7am | 6am | 5am | 2pm | 11:30 pm | 10pm | 10pm |
| 10am | 9am | 8am | 7am | 6am | 3pm | 12:30 am | 11pm | 11pm |
| 11am | 10am | 9am | 8am | 7am | 4pm | 1:30 am | 12am (midnight) | 12am (midnight) |
| 12pm (noon) | 11am | 10am | 9am | 8am | 5pm | 2:30 am | 1am | 1am |
| 1pm | 12pm (noon) | 11am | 10am | 9am | 6pm | 3:30 am | 2am | 2am |
| 2pm | 1pm | 12pm (noon) | 11am | 10am | 7pm | 4:30 am | 3am | 3am |
| 3pm | 2pm | 1pm | 12pm (noon) | 11am | 8pm | 5:30 am | 4am | 4am |
| 4pm | 3pm | 2pm | 1pm | 12pm (noon) | 9pm | 6:30 am | 5am | 5am |
| 5pm | 4pm | 3pm | 2pm | 1pm | 10pm | 7:30 am | 6am | 6am |
| 6pm | 5pm | 4pm | 3pm | 2pm | 11pm | 8:30 am | 7am | 7am |
| 7pm | 6pm | 5pm | 4pm | 3pm | 12am (midnight) | 9:30 am | 8am | 8am |
| 8pm | 7pm | 6pm | 5pm | 4pm | 1am | 10:30 am | 9am | 9am |
| 9pm | 8pm | 7pm | 6pm | 5pm | 2am | 11:30 am | 10am | 10am |
| 10pm | 9pm | 8pm | 7pm | 6pm | 3am | 12:30 pm | 11am | 11am |
| 11pm | 10pm | 9pm | 8pm | 7pm | 4am | 1:30 pm | 12pm (noon) | 12pm (noon) |
| 00:00 | 23:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 | 20:00 | 05:00 | 14:30 | 13:00 | 13:00 |
| 01:00 | 00:00 | 23:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 | 06:00 | 15:30 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| 02:00 | 01:00 | 00:00 | 23:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 | 16:30 | 15:00 | 15:00 |
| 03:00 | 02:00 | 01:00 | 00:00 | 23:00 | 08:00 | 17:30 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
| 04:00 | 03:00 | 02:00 | 01:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 | 18:30 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
| 05:00 | 04:00 | 03:00 | 02:00 | 01:00 | 10:00 | 19:30 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
| 06:00 | 05:00 | 04:00 | 03:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 | 20:30 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
| 07:00 | 06:00 | 05:00 | 04:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 | 21:30 | 20:00 | 20:00 |
| 08:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 | 05:00 | 04:00 | 13:00 | 22:30 | 21:00 | 21:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 | 05:00 | 14:00 | 23:30 | 22:00 | 22:00 |
| 10:00 | 09:00 | 08:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 | 15:00 | 00:30 | 23:00 | 23:00 |
| 11:00 | 10:00 | 09:00 | 08:00 | 07:00 | 16:00 | 01:30 | 00:00 | 00:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 | 09:00 | 08:00 | 17:00 | 02:30 | 01:00 | 01:00 |
| 13:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 | 09:00 | 18:00 | 03:30 | 02:00 | 02:00 |
| 14:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 | 04:30 | 03:00 | 03:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 | 20:00 | 05:30 | 04:00 | 04:00 |
| 16:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 | 21:00 | 06:30 | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 17:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | 22:00 | 07:30 | 06:00 | 06:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 | 23:00 | 08:30 | 07:00 | 07:00 |
| 19:00 | 18:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 | 09:30 | 08:00 | 08:00 |
| 20:00 | 19:00 | 18:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 10:30 | 09:00 | 09:00 |
| 21:00 | 20:00 | 19:00 | 18:00 | 17:00 | 02:00 | 11:30 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| 22:00 | 21:00 | 20:00 | 19:00 | 18:00 | 03:00 | 12:30 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| 23:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 | 20:00 | 19:00 | 04:00 | 13:30 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
Mountain Standard Time
Offset: MST is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the MST time zone is Phoenix in the United States, with about 1.446 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Calgary, Edmonton, El Paso, Denver.
French: HNR - Heure Normale des Rocheuses
Spanish: MT - Zona PacÃfico
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).
Start: Mountain Standard Time (MST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Mountain Standard Time (MST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
MST representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for MST
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Boise
- America/Cambridge_Bay
- America/Ciudad_Juarez
- America/Creston
- America/Dawson
- America/Dawson_Creek
- America/Denver
- America/Edmonton
- America/Fort_Nelson
- America/Hermosillo
- America/Inuvik
- America/Mazatlan
- America/Phoenix
- America/Shiprock
- America/Whitehorse
- America/Yellowknife
- Canada/Mountain
- Canada/Yukon
- MST
- MST7MDT
- Mexico/BajaSur
- Navajo
- US/Arizona
- US/Mountain
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del PacÃfico, PT - Zona Noroeste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
PST 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 an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
Alaska Standard Time
Offset: AKST is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AKST time zone is Anchorage in the United States, with about 291,826 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River, Badger.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT).
Start: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
AKST representations, usage and related time zones
- -09 - basic short
- -0900 - basic
- -09:00 - extended
- -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 west of the zero meridian.
- Victor - Military abbreviation for AKST
- V - short form of 'Victor'
- America/Anchorage
- America/Juneau
- America/Metlakatla
- America/Nome
- America/Sitka
- America/Yakutat
- US/Alaska
- AKST - Alaska Standard Time
- AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
- HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
- GAMT - Gambier Time
- HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
- V - Victor Time Zone
Greenwich Mean Time
Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Dakar, Grand Dakar, Accra.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.
GMT representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Africa/Abidjan
- Africa/Accra
- Africa/Bamako
- Africa/Banjul
- Africa/Bissau
- Africa/Conakry
- Africa/Dakar
- Africa/Freetown
- Africa/Lome
- Africa/Monrovia
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Africa/Sao_Tome
- Africa/Timbuktu
- America/Danmarkshavn
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Atlantic/St_Helena
- Eire
- Etc/GMT
- Etc/GMT+0
- Etc/GMT-0
- Etc/GMT0
- Etc/Greenwich
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Dublin
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- GMT
- GMT+0
- GMT-0
- GMT0
- Greenwich
- Iceland
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
Australian Central Standard Time
Offset: ACST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia
Countries using this time zone: Australia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACST time zone is Darwin in Australia, with about 129,062 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Alice Springs, Palmerston.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT).
End: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) ended on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.
Start: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) starts on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.
ACST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0930 - basic
- +09:30 - extended
- +0930 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Australia/Adelaide
- Australia/Broken_Hill
- Australia/Darwin
- Australia/North
- Australia/South
- Australia/Yancowinna
Australian Western Standard Time
Offset: AWST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia
Countries using this time zone: Australia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AWST time zone is Perth in Australia, with about 1.897 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Rockingham, Mandurah, Bunbury, Armadale.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AWST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
AWST 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 an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for AWST
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Australia/Perth
- Australia/West
- 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
Hong Kong Time
Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
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 7.013 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kowloon, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long Kau Hui, Sha Tin.
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.
HKT 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 an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Hongkong
- 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