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

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

Time Difference

GST (Gulf Standard Time) is 4 hours behind Hong Kong Time
4:00 pm16:00 in Muscat, Oman is 8:00 pm20:00 in HKT

Muscat to HKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm in Muscat which corresponds to 1pm-5pm in HKT

4:00 pm16:00 GST (Gulf Standard Time) (Muscat, Oman). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

4:00 pm16:00 Muscat, Oman / 8:00 pm20:00 HKT

Muscat, OmanHKT
12am (midnight)4am
1am5am
2am6am
3am7am
4am8am
5am9am
6am10am
7am11am
8am12pm (noon)
9am1pm
10am2pm
11am3pm
12pm (noon)4pm
1pm5pm
2pm6pm
3pm7pm
4pm8pm
5pm9pm
6pm10pm
7pm11pm
8pm12am (midnight)
9pm1am
10pm2am
11pm3am
00:0004:00
01:0005:00
02:0006:00
03:0007:00
04:0008:00
05:0009:00
06:0010:00
07:0011:00
08:0012:00
09:0013:00
10:0014:00
11:0015:00
12:0016:00
13:0017:00
14:0018:00
15:0019:00
16:0020:00
17:0021:00
18:0022:00
19:0023:00
20:0000:00
21:0001:00
22:0002:00
23:0003:00

Muscat Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GST - Gulf Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+4:00 hours during Gulf Standard Time, currently in use.

Muscat Facts

Country
Oman
Alternative Names
MCT, Maeskat, Mascat, Mascate, Maskat, Maskata, Maskatas, Maskate, Maskato, Maskˌat, Masqat, Masqaţ, Masqaṭ, Masquat, Maszkat, Mouskat, Muscat, Muskat, Mäskat, Múskat, ma si ka te, ma si ke te, masakata, maskarr, maskat, maskata, masqata, masukatto, msqt, museukateu, Μουσκάτ, Маскат, Масқат, Мускат, Մասկատ, מסקט, مسقط, مسقط، عمان, مۇسكات, مەسقەت, मस्कत, मस्क़त, মাস্কাট, ਮਸਕਟ, ମସ୍କଟ, மஸ்கத், మస్కట్, മസ്കറ്റ്, มัสกัต, མི་སི་ཁ་ཁྲི།, მასკატი, መስከት, マスカット, 馬斯喀特, 马斯喀特, 무스카트
Population
797,000
Currency
Rial (OMR)
Geographic Coordinates
23° 35' N Latitude / 58° 24' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+968

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