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8:00 pm20:00 HKT (UTC+8), Nov 9, 2026 = 7:00 pm19:00 G (UTC+7), Nov 9, 2026

HKT is 1 hour ahead of G.

HKT and G examples

These examples always use HKT (UTC+8) and G (UTC+7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

HKT is 1 hour ahead of G.

How the time difference changes

HKT is 1 hour ahead of G year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HKT correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in G.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HKT correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in G.

Compare HKT time with G time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Hong Kong Time is 1 hour ahead of Golf Time Zone.
8:00 pm20:00 in HKT is 7:00 pm19:00 in G

HKT to G call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in HKT which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in G.

8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
7:00 pm19:00 Golf Time Zone (G). Offset UTC +7:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 HKT / 7:00 pm19:00 G

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Hong Kong Time

Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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 7.396 million people.

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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

HKT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects HKT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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

Golf Time Zone

Offset: G is 7 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Cambodia, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam

Principal Cities: The largest city in the G time zone is Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, with about 14.003 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Jakarta, Hanoi, Bangkok, Surabaya.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Golf Time Zone (G) do not change for daylight saving time, so G stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

G representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +07 - basic short
  • +0700 - basic
  • +07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0700 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Golf - Military abbreviation for G
  • G - short form of 'Golf'
Time zones with the GMT +7 offset:
  • CXT - Christmas Island Time
  • DAVT - Davis Time
  • G - Golf Time Zone
  • HOVT - Hovd Time
  • ICT - Indochina Time
  • KRAT - Krasnoyarsk Time
  • NOVST - Novosibirsk Summer Time
  • NOVT - Novosibirsk Time
  • OMSST - Omsk Summer Time
  • WIB - Western Indonesian Time