Tokyo to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York City to London to Berlin to GMT Time Converter
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9:00 pm21:00 JST (UTC+9), Nov 3, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 CST (UTC+8), Nov 3, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 PST (UTC-8), Nov 3, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 3, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Nov 3, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 CET (UTC+1), Nov 3, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Nov 3, 2026
Tokyo is 1 hour ahead of Shanghai. Tokyo is 17 hours ahead of San Francisco. Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of New York City. Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of London. Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of Berlin. Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of GMT.
How the time difference changes
Tokyo to Shanghai
Tokyo is 1 hour ahead of Shanghai year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in Shanghai.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in Shanghai.
Tokyo to San Francisco
For most of the year, Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of San Francisco. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Tokyo is 17 hours ahead of San Francisco.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 5:00 pm (previous day) to 2:00 am in San Francisco. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 4:00 pm (previous day) to 1:00 am in San Francisco.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 17:00 (previous day) to 02:00 in San Francisco. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 16:00 (previous day) to 01:00 in San Francisco.
Tokyo to New York City
For most of the year, Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of New York City. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of New York City.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 8:00 pm (previous day) to 5:00 am in New York City. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 7:00 pm (previous day) to 4:00 am in New York City.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 20:00 (previous day) to 05:00 in New York City. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 19:00 (previous day) to 04:00 in New York City.
Tokyo to London
For most of the year, Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of London. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31, 2027 to Mar 26, 2028, Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of London.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in London. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in London.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in London. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in London.
Tokyo to Berlin
For most of the year, Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Berlin. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31, 2027 to Mar 26, 2028, Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of Berlin.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in Berlin. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in Berlin.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in Berlin. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in Berlin.
Tokyo to GMT
Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of GMT year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in GMT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in GMT.
Compare Tokyo time with Shanghai, San Francisco, New York City, London, Berlin, and GMT 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 CST (China Standard Time). JST (Japan Standard Time) is 17 hours ahead of PST (Pacific Standard Time). JST (Japan Standard Time) is 14 hours ahead of EST (Eastern Standard Time). JST (Japan Standard Time) is 9 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). JST (Japan Standard Time) is 8 hours ahead of CET (Central European Time). JST (Japan Standard Time) is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in Tokyo, Japan is 8:00 pm20:00 in Shanghai, China and is 4:00 am04:00 in San Francisco, CA, USA and is 7:00 am07:00 in New York City, NY, USA and is 12:00 pm12:00 in London, United Kingdom and is 1:00 pm13:00 in Berlin, Germany and is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT
Tokyo to Shanghai call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in Tokyo which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Shanghai
Tokyo to San Francisco call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in Tokyo which corresponds to 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in San Francisco (previous day)
Tokyo to New York City call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in Tokyo which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in New York City (previous day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
Tokyo to London call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in Tokyo which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in London. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
Tokyo to Berlin call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in Tokyo which corresponds to 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in Berlin
Tokyo to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in Tokyo which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in GMT. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
9:00 pm21:00 JST (Japan Standard Time) (Tokyo, Japan). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Shanghai, China). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (San Francisco, CA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST (Eastern Standard Time) (New York City, NY, USA). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (London, United Kingdom). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 CET (Central European Time) (Berlin, Germany). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Tokyo, Japan / 8:00 pm20:00 Shanghai, China / 4:00 am04:00 San Francisco, CA, USA / 7:00 am07:00 New York City, NY, USA / 12:00 pm12:00 London, United Kingdom / 1:00 pm13:00 Berlin, Germany / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT
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| Tokyo, Japan | Shanghai, China | San Francisco, CA, USA | New York City, NY, USA | London, United Kingdom | Berlin, Germany | GMT |
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| 11:00pm previous day | 7:00am previous day | 10:00am previous day | 3:00pm previous day | 4:00pm previous day | 3:00pm previous day | |
| 12:00am | 8:00am previous day | 11:00am previous day | 4:00pm previous day | 5:00pm previous day | 4:00pm previous day | |
| 1:00am | 9:00am previous day | 12:00pm previous day | 5:00pm previous day | 6:00pm previous day | 5:00pm previous day | |
| 2:00am | 10:00am previous day | 1:00pm previous day | 6:00pm previous day | 7:00pm previous day | 6:00pm previous day | |
| 3:00am | 11:00am previous day | 2:00pm previous day | 7:00pm previous day | 8:00pm previous day | 7:00pm previous day | |
| 4:00am | 12:00pm previous day | 3:00pm previous day | 8:00pm previous day | 9:00pm previous day | 8:00pm previous day | |
| 5:00am | 1:00pm previous day | 4:00pm previous day | 9:00pm previous day | 10:00pm previous day | 9:00pm previous day | |
| 6:00am | 2:00pm previous day | 5:00pm previous day | 10:00pm previous day | 11:00pm previous day | 10:00pm previous day | |
| 7:00am | 3:00pm previous day | 6:00pm previous day | 11:00pm previous day | 12:00am | 11:00pm previous day | |
| 8:00am | 4:00pm previous day | 7:00pm previous day | 12:00am | 1:00am | 12:00am | |
| 9:00am | 5:00pm previous day | 8:00pm previous day | 1:00am | 2:00am | 1:00am | |
| 10:00am | 6:00pm previous day | 9:00pm previous day | 2:00am | 3:00am | 2:00am | |
| 11:00am | 7:00pm previous day | 10:00pm previous day | 3:00am | 4:00am | 3:00am | |
| 12:00pm | 8:00pm previous day | 11:00pm previous day | 4:00am | 5:00am | 4:00am | |
| 1:00pm | 9:00pm previous day | 12:00am | 5:00am | 6:00am | 5:00am | |
| 2:00pm | 10:00pm previous day | 1:00am | 6:00am | 7:00am | 6:00am | |
| 3:00pm | 11:00pm previous day | 2:00am | 7:00am | 8:00am | 7:00am | |
| 4:00pm | 12:00am | 3:00am | 8:00am | 9:00am | 8:00am | |
| 5:00pm | 1:00am | 4:00am | 9:00am | 10:00am | 9:00am | |
| 6:00pm | 2:00am | 5:00am | 10:00am | 11:00am | 10:00am | |
| 7:00pm | 3:00am | 6:00am | 11:00am | 12:00pm | 11:00am | |
| 8:00pm | 4:00am | 7:00am | 12:00pm | 1:00pm | 12:00pm | |
| 9:00pm | 5:00am | 8:00am | 1:00pm | 2:00pm | 1:00pm | |
| 10:00pm | 6:00am | 9:00am | 2:00pm | 3:00pm | 2:00pm | |
| 23:00 previous day | 07:00 previous day | 10:00 previous day | 15:00 previous day | 16:00 previous day | 15:00 previous day | |
| 00:00 | 08:00 previous day | 11:00 previous day | 16:00 previous day | 17:00 previous day | 16:00 previous day | |
| 01:00 | 09:00 previous day | 12:00 previous day | 17:00 previous day | 18:00 previous day | 17:00 previous day | |
| 02:00 | 10:00 previous day | 13:00 previous day | 18:00 previous day | 19:00 previous day | 18:00 previous day | |
| 03:00 | 11:00 previous day | 14:00 previous day | 19:00 previous day | 20:00 previous day | 19:00 previous day | |
| 04:00 | 12:00 previous day | 15:00 previous day | 20:00 previous day | 21:00 previous day | 20:00 previous day | |
| 05:00 | 13:00 previous day | 16:00 previous day | 21:00 previous day | 22:00 previous day | 21:00 previous day | |
| 06:00 | 14:00 previous day | 17:00 previous day | 22:00 previous day | 23:00 previous day | 22:00 previous day | |
| 07:00 | 15:00 previous day | 18:00 previous day | 23:00 previous day | 00:00 | 23:00 previous day | |
| 08:00 | 16:00 previous day | 19:00 previous day | 00:00 | 01:00 | 00:00 | |
| 09:00 | 17:00 previous day | 20:00 previous day | 01:00 | 02:00 | 01:00 | |
| 10:00 | 18:00 previous day | 21:00 previous day | 02:00 | 03:00 | 02:00 | |
| 11:00 | 19:00 previous day | 22:00 previous day | 03:00 | 04:00 | 03:00 | |
| 12:00 | 20:00 previous day | 23:00 previous day | 04:00 | 05:00 | 04:00 | |
| 13:00 | 21:00 previous day | 00:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 05:00 | |
| 14:00 | 22:00 previous day | 01:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 | |
| 15:00 | 23:00 previous day | 02:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 07:00 | |
| 16:00 | 00:00 | 03:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 08:00 | |
| 17:00 | 01:00 | 04:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 09:00 | |
| 18:00 | 02:00 | 05:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 | |
| 19:00 | 03:00 | 06:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 | |
| 20:00 | 04:00 | 07:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 | |
| 21:00 | 05:00 | 08:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | |
| 22:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 |
Tokyo Time Zone and Facts
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Tokyo Facts
Shanghai Time Zone and Facts
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Shanghai Facts
San Francisco Time Zone and Facts
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PDT – Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7 (daylight saving time)
San Francisco Facts
New York City Time Zone and Facts
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EDT – Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-4 (daylight saving time)
New York City Facts
London Time Zone and Facts
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BST – British Summer Time, UTC+1 (daylight saving time)
London Facts
Berlin Time Zone and Facts
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CEST – Central European Summer Time, UTC+2 (daylight saving time)
Berlin Facts
Greenwich Mean Time
Offset: GMT is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.
GMT representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Africa/Abidjan
- Africa/Accra
- Africa/Bamako
- Africa/Banjul
- Africa/Bissau
- Africa/Conakry
- Africa/Dakar
- Africa/Freetown
- Africa/Lome
- Africa/Monrovia
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Africa/Sao_Tome
- Africa/Timbuktu
- America/Danmarkshavn
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Atlantic/St_Helena
- Eire
- Etc/GMT
- Etc/GMT+0
- Etc/GMT-0
- Etc/GMT0
- Etc/Greenwich
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Dublin
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- GMT
- GMT+0
- GMT-0
- GMT0
- Greenwich
- Iceland
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
