HKT to EDT to CEST
Compare HKT time with EDT and CEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time and 6 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time
9:00 am09:00 in HKT is 9:00 pm21:00 in EDT and is 3:00 am03:00 in CEST
HKT to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7pm-8pm in HKT which corresponds to 7am-8am in EDT
HKT to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-5pm in HKT which corresponds to 9am-11am in CEST
9:00 am09:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 HKT / 9:00 pm21:00 EDT / 3:00 am03:00 CEST
| HKT | EDT | CEST |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12pm (noon) | 6pm |
| 1am | 1pm | 7pm |
| 2am | 2pm | 8pm |
| 3am | 3pm | 9pm |
| 4am | 4pm | 10pm |
| 5am | 5pm | 11pm |
| 6am | 6pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 7am | 7pm | 1am |
| 8am | 8pm | 2am |
| 9am | 9pm | 3am |
| 10am | 10pm | 4am |
| 11am | 11pm | 5am |
| 12pm (noon) | 12am (midnight) | 6am |
| 1pm | 1am | 7am |
| 2pm | 2am | 8am |
| 3pm | 3am | 9am |
| 4pm | 4am | 10am |
| 5pm | 5am | 11am |
| 6pm | 6am | 12pm (noon) |
| 7pm | 7am | 1pm |
| 8pm | 8am | 2pm |
| 9pm | 9am | 3pm |
| 10pm | 10am | 4pm |
| 11pm | 11am | 5pm |
| 00:00 | 12:00 | 18:00 |
| 01:00 | 13:00 | 19:00 |
| 02:00 | 14:00 | 20:00 |
| 03:00 | 15:00 | 21:00 |
| 04:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 |
| 05:00 | 17:00 | 23:00 |
| 06:00 | 18:00 | 00:00 |
| 07:00 | 19:00 | 01:00 |
| 08:00 | 20:00 | 02:00 |
| 09:00 | 21:00 | 03:00 |
| 10:00 | 22:00 | 04:00 |
| 11:00 | 23:00 | 05:00 |
| 12:00 | 00:00 | 06:00 |
| 13:00 | 01:00 | 07:00 |
| 14:00 | 02:00 | 08:00 |
| 15:00 | 03:00 | 09:00 |
| 16:00 | 04:00 | 10:00 |
| 17:00 | 05:00 | 11:00 |
| 18:00 | 06:00 | 12:00 |
| 19:00 | 07:00 | 13:00 |
| 20:00 | 08:00 | 14:00 |
| 21:00 | 09:00 | 15:00 |
| 22:00 | 10:00 | 16:00 |
| 23:00 | 11:00 | 17:00 |
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
Eastern Daylight Time
Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT 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: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est
Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 12, 2023, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March
End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 5, 2023, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November
EDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- 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/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST5EDT
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- FKT - Falkland Island Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
Central European Summer Time
Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CEST time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Budapest.
German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central European Time (CET).
Start: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 26, 2023, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March
End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 29, 2023, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October
CEST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Ceuta
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- MET
- Poland
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time
