Taiwan
CST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
PST
Pacific Standard Time
GMT -8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

CST (China Standard Time) is 16 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time
8:00 pm20:00 in Taipei, Taiwan is 4:00 am04:00 in PST

Taipei to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in Taipei which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in PST (previous day)

8:00 pm20:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Taipei, Taiwan). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 Taipei, Taiwan / 4:00 am04:00 PST

Taipei, TaiwanPST
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

Taipei Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GMT+8 - Taiwan Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+8:00 hours during Taiwan Standard Time, currently in use.

Taipei Facts

Country
Taiwan
Alternative Names
GJai Bac, Kota Taipei, Pan Kiao, Pan-ch'iao, Pan-ch'iao-chen, Pan-ch'iao-chieh, Pan-ch’iao, Pan-ch’iao-chen, Pan-ch’iao-chieh, T'ai-pei, T'ai-pei Shih, T'ai-pei-hsien, TPE, Taibei Shi, Taibei Shih, Taibejus, Taibėjus, Taipe, Taipeh, Taipei, Taipeium, Taipejus, Taipé, Taipéi, Taipėjus, Tajbehj, Tajpej, Tajpeo, Tayipeh, Tayipèh, Tchaj-pej, T’ai-pei, T’ai-pei Shih, T’ai-pei-hsien, ta'ipe, ta'ipe'i, tai bei, tai bei shi, taibei, taibei si, taipei, taippei, thipe, Đài Bắc, Ταϊπέι, Тайбэй, Тайпей, Тајпеј, טאיפי, טאיפיי, تەيبېي, ताइपे, টাইপেই, ไทเป, ཐའེ་པེ, ታይፔ, 台北, 台北市, 臺北市, 타이베이, 타이베이 시, 타이뻬이, 타이페이
Population
7,871,900
Currency
Dollar (TWD)
Geographic Coordinates
25° 02' N Latitude / 121° 31' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+886

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST Time Zone Geo Map
PST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Pacific Standard Time (PST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

PST 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone