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Hong Kong, Hong Kong to CST

Hong Kong
Hong Kong
HKT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CST
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

HKT (Hong Kong Time) is 14 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
8:00 pm20:00 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong is 6:00 am06:00 in CST

Hong Kong to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am in Hong Kong which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm in CST (previous day)

8:00 pm20:00 HKT (Hong Kong Time) (Hong Kong, Hong Kong). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong, Hong Kong / 6:00 am06:00 CST

Hong Kong, Hong KongCST
12am (midnight)10am
1am11am
2am12pm (noon)
3am1pm
4am2pm
5am3pm
6am4pm
7am5pm
8am6pm
9am7pm
10am8pm
11am9pm
12pm (noon)10pm
1pm11pm
2pm12am (midnight)
3pm1am
4pm2am
5pm3am
6pm4am
7pm5am
8pm6am
9pm7am
10pm8am
11pm9am
00:0010:00
01:0011:00
02:0012:00
03:0013:00
04:0014:00
05:0015:00
06:0016:00
07:0017:00
08:0018:00
09:0019:00
10:0020:00
11:0021:00
12:0022:00
13:0023:00
14:0000:00
15:0001:00
16:0002:00
17:0003:00
18:0004:00
19:0005:00
20:0006:00
21:0007:00
22:0008:00
23:0009:00

Hong Kong Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CST - China Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+8:00 hours during China Standard Time, currently in use.

Hong Kong Facts

Country
Hong Kong
Alternative Names
Chon'nk Kon'nk, Gankong, Gon Kong, Gonkong, HKG, Hiong-geng, Hiŏng-gē̤ng, Hong Kong, Hongkong, Honkong, Hồng Kông, Khongkong, Khonkong, Victoria, ankan, hamga kamga, hanakana, hang kang, hang kang nagaram, hangakanga, hang‌kang, hankam, heankean, hng kng, hon'ga kon'ga, hong-kʼongi, hongakonga, hongkong, honkongu, hwng kwng, hwng qwng, hwngh kwngh, hwnj kwnj, hxngkng, hʼng qʼng, shyanggang, xiang gang, Χονγκ Κονγκ, Ганконг, Гонконг, Хонгконг, Хонконг, Һoң Koң, Һоң Коң, Հոնկոնգ, האנג קאנג, הונג קונג, شياڭگاڭ, هانگ کانگ, هنگ کنگ, هونج كونج, هونغ كونغ, هونگ کونگ, ھwng kwng, ھونگ کونگ, ھۆng kۆng, ھۆنگ کۆنگ, ہang kang, ہانگ کانگ, ހޮންކޮންގު, हङकङ, हाँग काँग, हांगकांग, हांग् कांग् नगरम्, हॉन्ग कॉन्ग, হংকং, ਹਾਂਗਕਾਂਗ, હોંગકોંગ, ହଂକଂ, ஆங்காங், హాంగ్‌కాంగ్, ಹಾಂಗ್ ಕಾಂಗ್, ഹോങ്കോങ്, හොංකොං, ฮ่องกง, ཧང་ཀང་།, ཧོང་ཀོང་།, ဟောငကောင, ဟောင်ကောင်, ჰონგ-კონგი, ሆንግ ኮንግ, ហងកង, ហុងកុង, 香港, 홍콩
Population
7,012,738
Currency
Dollar (HKD)
Geographic Coordinates
22° 16' N Latitude / 114° 10' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+852

Central Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

CST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT