Ireland
GMT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
HKT
Hong Kong Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is 8 hours behind Hong Kong Time
12:00 pm12:00 in Dublin, Ireland is 8:00 pm20:00 in HKT

Dublin to HKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in Dublin which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in HKT

12:00 pm12:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (Dublin, Ireland). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 Dublin, Ireland / 8:00 pm20:00 HKT

Dublin, IrelandHKT
12am (midnight)8am
1am9am
2am10am
3am11am
4am12pm (noon)
5am1pm
6am2pm
7am3pm
8am4pm
9am5pm
10am6pm
11am7pm
12pm (noon)8pm
1pm9pm
2pm10pm
3pm11pm
4pm12am (midnight)
5pm1am
6pm2am
7pm3am
8pm4am
9pm5am
10pm6am
11pm7am
00:0008:00
01:0009:00
02:0010:00
03:0011:00
04:0012:00
05:0013:00
06:0014:00
07:0015:00
08:0016:00
09:0017:00
10:0018:00
11:0019:00
12:0020:00
13:0021:00
14:0022:00
15:0023:00
16:0000:00
17:0001:00
18:0002:00
19:0003:00
20:0004:00
21:0005:00
22:0006:00
23:0007:00

Dublin Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
IST - Irish Standard Time
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+1:00 hours during Irish Standard Time, currently in use.
+0:00 hours during Greenwich Mean 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 1am to 2amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 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, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Dublin Facts

Country
Ireland
Alternative Names
Baile Atha Cliath, Baile Átha Cliath, Ciuda de Dublin, Ciudá de Dublín, DUB, Dablin, Diblin, Difelin, Divlyn, Doublino, Dublin, Dublin city, Dublina, Dublinas, Dublini, Dublino, Dublinu, Dublín, Dublîn, Dueblin, Dulenn, Dulyn, Dyflinn, Düblin, Eblana, dabalina, dablin, dablina, daburin, dbln, dblyn, deobeullin, dou bai lin, dublini, dwblyn, taplin, Δουβλίνο, Даблин, Дублин, Дублін, Дъблин, Դուբլին, דבלין, דובלין, دبلن, دوبلين, دوبلین, دۇبلىن, ڈبلن, ډبلن, ܕܒܠܢ, डब्लिन, दब्लिन, ডাবলিন, ਡਬਲਿਨ, டப்லின், ಡಬ್ಲಿನ್, ഡബ്ലിൻ, ดับลิน, དུབ་ལིན།, ဒပ်ဗလင်မြို့, დუბლინი, ደብሊን, ダブリン, 都柏林, 더블린
Population
1,024,027
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
53° 19' N Latitude / 6° 14' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+353

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