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JST
Japan Standard Time
GMT +9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CHOT
Choibalsan Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

9:00 pm21:00 JST (UTC+9), Oct 4, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 CHOT (UTC+8), Oct 4, 2026

JST is 1 hour ahead of CHOT.

JST and CHOT examples

These examples always use JST (UTC+9) and CHOT (UTC+8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

JST is 1 hour ahead of CHOT.

How the time difference changes

JST is 1 hour ahead of CHOT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in JST correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in CHOT.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in JST correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in CHOT.

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

Time Difference

Japan Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of Choibalsan Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in JST is 8:00 pm20:00 in CHOT

JST to CHOT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in JST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in CHOT

9:00 pm21:00 Japan Standard Time (JST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Choibalsan Time (CHOT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

9:00 pm21:00 JST / 8:00 pm20:00 CHOT

JSTCHOT
12:00am11:00pm
1:00am12:00am
2:00am1:00am
3:00am2:00am
4:00am3:00am
5:00am4:00am
6:00am5:00am
7:00am6:00am
8:00am7:00am
9:00am8:00am
10:00am9:00am
11:00am10:00am
12:00pm11:00am
1:00pm12:00pm
2:00pm1:00pm
3:00pm2:00pm
4:00pm3:00pm
5:00pm4:00pm
6:00pm5:00pm
7:00pm6:00pm
8:00pm7:00pm
9:00pm8:00pm
10:00pm9:00pm
11:00pm10:00pm
00:0023:00
01:0000:00
02:0001:00
03:0002:00
04:0003:00
05:0004:00
06:0005:00
07:0006:00
08:0007:00
09:0008:00
10:0009:00
11:0010:00
12:0011:00
13:0012:00
14:0013:00
15:0014:00
16:0015:00
17:0016:00
18:0017:00
19:0018:00
20:0019:00
21:0020:00
22:0021:00
23:0022:00

Japan Standard Time

Offset: JST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Japan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the JST time zone is Tokyo in Japan, with about 9.733 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Yokohama, Osaka shi, Nagoya shi, Sapporo.

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

JST Time Zone Geo Map
JST timezone map

JST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for JST
  • I - short form of 'India'
IANA/Olson: Reflects JST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Tokyo
  • Japan
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time

Choibalsan Time

Offset: CHOT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CHOT time zone is Baruun Urt in Mongolia, with about 18,190 people.

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

CHOT 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 CHOT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
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