HKT
Hong Kong Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Georgia, USA
EST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

Hong Kong Time is 13 hours ahead of EST (Eastern Standard Time)
8:00 pm20:00 in HKT is 7:00 am07:00 in Atlanta, GA, USA

HKT to Atlanta call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am in HKT which corresponds to 6pm-7pm in Atlanta (previous day)

8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST (Eastern Standard Time) (Atlanta, GA, USA). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 HKT / 7:00 am07:00 Atlanta, GA, USA

HKTAtlanta, GA, USA
12am (midnight)11am
1am12pm (noon)
2am1pm
3am2pm
4am3pm
5am4pm
6am5pm
7am6pm
8am7pm
9am8pm
10am9pm
11am10pm
12pm (noon)11pm
1pm12am (midnight)
2pm1am
3pm2am
4pm3am
5pm4am
6pm5am
7pm6am
8pm7am
9pm8am
10pm9am
11pm10am
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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 Time Zone Geo Map
HKT timezone map

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

Atlanta Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-4:00 hours during Eastern Daylight Time, currently in use.
-5:00 hours during Eastern Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, 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.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, 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.

Atlanta Facts

Country
USA
State
Georgia
Alternative Names
ATL, Atlant, Atlanta, Atlantae, Atlonta, Canebrake, Marthasdale, Marthasville, Standing Peachtree, Terminus, White Hall, Whitehall, aeteullaenta, arr‌lanra nagaram, atalanta, ateullaenta, ateullanta, atlanta, atoranta, atʼlantʼa, etalanta, etlanta, ya te lan da, Ατλάντα, Атлантæ, Атланта, Ատլանտա, אטלאנטא, אטלנטה, آتلانتا, أتلانتا, ئەتڵانتا, اٹلانٹا, اٹلانٹا، جارجیا, अटलांटा, अटलान्टा, एट्लान्टा, एत्लान्ता, আটলান্টা, એટલાન્ટા, அட்லான்டா, అట్లాంటా, ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಾ, അറ്റ്‌ലാന്റാ നഗരം, แอตแลนตา, ཨ་ཊི་ལཱན་ཊཱ།, အတ္တလန္တာမြို့, ატლანტა, አትላንታ, アトランタ, 亚特兰大, 亞特蘭大, 아틀란타, 아틀랜타, 애틀랜타
Population
463,878
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
33° 44' N Latitude / 84° 23' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1