HKT to AEST Converter
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 2 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard Time
1:00 pm13:00 in HKT is 3:00 pm15:00 in AEST
HKT to AEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-4pm in HKT which corresponds to 10am-6pm in AEST
1:00 pm13:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 HKT / 3:00 pm15:00 AEST
HKT | AEST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 2am |
1am | 3am |
2am | 4am |
3am | 5am |
4am | 6am |
5am | 7am |
6am | 8am |
7am | 9am |
8am | 10am |
9am | 11am |
10am | 12pm (noon) |
11am | 1pm |
12pm (noon) | 2pm |
1pm | 3pm |
2pm | 4pm |
3pm | 5pm |
4pm | 6pm |
5pm | 7pm |
6pm | 8pm |
7pm | 9pm |
8pm | 10pm |
9pm | 11pm |
10pm | 12am (midnight) |
11pm | 1am |
0:00 | 2:00 |
1:00 | 3:00 |
2:00 | 4:00 |
3:00 | 5:00 |
4:00 | 6:00 |
5:00 | 7:00 |
6:00 | 8:00 |
7:00 | 9:00 |
8:00 | 10:00 |
9:00 | 11:00 |
10:00 | 12:00 |
11:00 | 13:00 |
12:00 | 14:00 |
13:00 | 15:00 |
14:00 | 16:00 |
15:00 | 17:00 |
16:00 | 18:00 |
17:00 | 19:00 |
18:00 | 20:00 |
19:00 | 21:00 |
20:00 | 22:00 |
21:00 | 23:00 |
22:00 | 0:00 |
23:00 | 1:00 |
Hong Kong Time
Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: Hong Kong
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT timezone is Hong Kong from Hong Kong with population about 7.013 million people. Other major cities in the area are Kowloon, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long Kau Hui, Sha Tin
Daylight Saving: Hong Kong Time (HKT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore HKT 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, Hong Kong Time remains the same

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 eight hour and zero minutes time differences 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
Australian Eastern Standard Time
Offset: AEST is 10 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia
Countries: It is used in following countries: Australia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AEST timezone is Sydney from Australia with population about 4.627 million people. Other major cities in the area are Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Canberra

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).
Start: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) started on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of April.
End: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) ends on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of October.
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is used in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Australian Capital Territory and in folling major cities Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra
Only part of Australia observe daylight saving. It is used in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. Daylight saving is not observed in Queensland, Western Australia or the Northern Territory.
AEST representations, usage and related time zones
- +10 - basic short
- +1000 - basic
- +10:00 - extended
- +1000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates ten hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Kilo - Military abbreviation for AEST
- K - short form of 'Kilo'
- Antarctica/Macquarie
- Australia/ACT
- Australia/Brisbane
- Australia/Canberra
- Australia/Currie
- Australia/Hobart
- Australia/Lindeman
- Australia/Melbourne
- Australia/NSW
- Australia/Queensland
- Australia/Sydney
- Australia/Tasmania
- Australia/Victoria
- AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
- CHUT - Chuuk Time
- ChST - Chamorro Standard Time
- K - Kilo Time Zone
- KDT - Korea Daylight Time
- PGT - Papua New Guinea Time
- VLAT - Vladivostok Time
- YAKST - Yakutsk Summer Time
- YAPT - Yap Time