HKT to CST Converter
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 13 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time
2:00 am02:00 in HKT is 1:00 pm13:00 in CDT
HKT to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8pm-10pm in HKT which corresponds to 6am-8am in CST
2:00 am02:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
2:00 am02:00 HKT / 1:00 pm13:00 CDT
HKT | CDT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 11am |
1am | 12pm (noon) |
2am | 1pm |
3am | 2pm |
4am | 3pm |
5am | 4pm |
6am | 5pm |
7am | 6pm |
8am | 7pm |
9am | 8pm |
10am | 9pm |
11am | 10pm |
12pm (noon) | 11pm |
1pm | 12am (midnight) |
2pm | 1am |
3pm | 2am |
4pm | 3am |
5pm | 4am |
6pm | 5am |
7pm | 6am |
8pm | 7am |
9pm | 8am |
10pm | 9am |
11pm | 10am |
0:00 | 11:00 |
1:00 | 12:00 |
2:00 | 13:00 |
3:00 | 14:00 |
4:00 | 15:00 |
5:00 | 16:00 |
6:00 | 17:00 |
7:00 | 18:00 |
8:00 | 19:00 |
9:00 | 20:00 |
10:00 | 21:00 |
11:00 | 22:00 |
12:00 | 23:00 |
13:00 | 0:00 |
14:00 | 1:00 |
15:00 | 2:00 |
16:00 | 3:00 |
17:00 | 4:00 |
18:00 | 5:00 |
19:00 | 6:00 |
20:00 | 7:00 |
21:00 | 8:00 |
22:00 | 9:00 |
23:00 | 10:00 |
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
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are 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, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
End: Central Standard Time (CST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
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 six hour and zero minutes time differences 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
- Colombia 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