HKT to San Francisco Time Converter
Quick answers
For most of the year, HKT is 15 hours ahead of San Francisco. During seasonal clock changes, HKT is 16 hours ahead of San Francisco.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in HKT correspond to 6:00 pm (previous day) to 2:00 am in San Francisco. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in HKT correspond to 5:00 pm (previous day) to 1:00 am in San Francisco.
Compare HKT time with San Francisco time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 16 hours ahead of PST (Pacific Standard Time)
8:00 pm20:00 in HKT is 4:00 am04:00 in San Francisco, CA, USA
HKT to San Francisco call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in HKT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in San Francisco (previous day)
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (San Francisco, CA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 HKT / 4:00 am04:00 San Francisco, CA, USA
| HKT | San Francisco, CA, USA |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 8am |
| 1am | 9am |
| 2am | 10am |
| 3am | 11am |
| 4am | 12pm (noon) |
| 5am | 1pm |
| 6am | 2pm |
| 7am | 3pm |
| 8am | 4pm |
| 9am | 5pm |
| 10am | 6pm |
| 11am | 7pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 8pm |
| 1pm | 9pm |
| 2pm | 10pm |
| 3pm | 11pm |
| 4pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 5pm | 1am |
| 6pm | 2am |
| 7pm | 3am |
| 8pm | 4am |
| 9pm | 5am |
| 10pm | 6am |
| 11pm | 7am |
| 00:00 | 08:00 |
| 01:00 | 09:00 |
| 02:00 | 10:00 |
| 03:00 | 11:00 |
| 04:00 | 12:00 |
| 05:00 | 13:00 |
| 06:00 | 14:00 |
| 07:00 | 15:00 |
| 08:00 | 16:00 |
| 09:00 | 17:00 |
| 10:00 | 18:00 |
| 11:00 | 19:00 |
| 12:00 | 20:00 |
| 13:00 | 21:00 |
| 14:00 | 22:00 |
| 15:00 | 23:00 |
| 16:00 | 00:00 |
| 17:00 | 01:00 |
| 18:00 | 02:00 |
| 19:00 | 03:00 |
| 20:00 | 04:00 |
| 21:00 | 05:00 |
| 22:00 | 06:00 |
| 23:00 | 07:00 |
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
San Francisco Information
Time Zone
PST - Pacific Standard Time
-8:00 hours during Pacific Standard Time.
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.