HKT to IST Israel
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 5 hours ahead of Israel Daylight Time
8:30 pm20:30 in HKT is 3:30 pm15:30 in IDT
HKT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-6pm in HKT which corresponds to 8am-12pm in IST
8:30 pm20:30 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
3:30 pm15:30 Israel Daylight Time (IDT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 HKT / 3:30 pm15:30 IDT
HKT | IDT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 7pm |
1am | 8pm |
2am | 9pm |
3am | 10pm |
4am | 11pm |
5am | 12am (midnight) |
6am | 1am |
7am | 2am |
8am | 3am |
9am | 4am |
10am | 5am |
11am | 6am |
12pm (noon) | 7am |
1pm | 8am |
2pm | 9am |
3pm | 10am |
4pm | 11am |
5pm | 12pm (noon) |
6pm | 1pm |
7pm | 2pm |
8pm | 3pm |
9pm | 4pm |
10pm | 5pm |
11pm | 6pm |
0:00 | 19:00 |
1:00 | 20:00 |
2:00 | 21:00 |
3:00 | 22:00 |
4:00 | 23:00 |
5:00 | 0:00 |
6:00 | 1:00 |
7:00 | 2:00 |
8:00 | 3:00 |
9:00 | 4:00 |
10:00 | 5:00 |
11:00 | 6:00 |
12:00 | 7:00 |
13:00 | 8:00 |
14:00 | 9:00 |
15:00 | 10:00 |
16:00 | 11:00 |
17:00 | 12:00 |
18:00 | 13:00 |
19:00 | 14:00 |
20:00 | 15:00 |
21:00 | 16:00 |
22:00 | 17:00 |
23:00 | 18:00 |
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
Israel Standard Time
Offset: IST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: Israel
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Jerusalem from Israel with population about 801,000 people. Other major cities in the area are West Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ashdod

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 Israel Daylight Time (IDT).
End: Israel Standard Time (IST) has ended on Friday, March 28, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Friday, March 28, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on last Sunday of March.
Start: Israel Standard Time (IST) starts on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of October.
IST 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 two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for IST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Asia/Tel_Aviv
- Israel
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30
- 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