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9:00 pm21:00 JST (UTC+9), Oct 28, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 CST (UTC+8), Oct 28, 2026

Ōdate is 1 hour ahead of CST.

How the time difference changes

Odate is 1 hour ahead of CST Asia year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Odate correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST Asia.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Odate correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in CST Asia.

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

Time Difference

JST (Japan Standard Time) is 1 hour ahead of China Standard Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in Odate, Japan is 8:00 pm20:00 in CST

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

9:00 pm21:00 JST (Japan Standard Time) (Odate, Japan). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

9:00 pm21:00 Odate, Japan / 8:00 pm20:00 CST

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Ōdate Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
JST – Japan Standard Time, UTC+9 (no daylight saving time)

Ōdate Facts

Country
Japan
Alternative Names
ONJ, Odate, Odate-chhi, Otate, awdath, awdath akyta, da guan, da guan shi, odate si, oodate, xo da tea, Ódate, Ôdate-chhī, Ōdate, Ōtate, Одате, Одатэ қаласы, أوداته, اوداته، آکیتا, اوداتے، اکیتا, โอดะเตะ, おおだて, オオダテ, 大館, 大館市, 오다테 시
Population
69,237
Currency
Yen (JPY)
Geographic Coordinates
40° 16' N Latitude / 140° 33' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+81
Current Time in Japan

China Standard Time

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

Countries using this time zone: China, Macao, Taiwan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Shanghai in China, with about 24.875 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu.

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

CST 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 CST
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Chongqing
  • Asia/Chungking
  • Asia/Harbin
  • Asia/Macao
  • Asia/Macau
  • Asia/Shanghai
  • Asia/Taipei
  • PRC
  • ROC
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 +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