HKT to BST Converter

Time Difference

Hong Kong Time is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
So 9:00 am09:00 in HKT is 1:00 am01:00 in GMT

9:00 am09:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 HKT / 1:00 am01:00 GMT

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

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
• +08 -

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

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.

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

BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

• British Summer Time - UTC +1
• Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
• Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11

Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:

• 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
• +01 -