Hong Kong Time Zone

Time Zone of a Place
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What is the Hong Kong Time Zone?

Answer

Hong Kong Time Zone
UTC+8 (HKT)

The same offset as a plain number: UTC+8.

Time Zone Facts

Abbreviations
HKT
Standard time
UTC+8
Daylight saving time
not observed
Clock changes
the clocks do not change
Daylight saving time in effect now
No

Where This Zone Applies

Nowhere in this zone do the clocks change.
PlaceStandard timeClock changes
Hong KongUTC+8No

Time Difference

UTC
8 hours ahead
Eastern Time
12 hours ahead
Central Time
13 hours ahead
Mountain Time
14 hours ahead
Pacific Time
15 hours ahead
Moscow Time
MSK+5

Current time in the zone

UTC+8 — add 8 hours to UTC

Related Calculations

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Time Zone of a Place

This reference shows what time zone a place is in: the name of the zone and its abbreviations, the UTC offset in standard and daylight time, whether the clocks change there and when, plus the difference from UTC, from the four US zones and from Moscow. For example, it can help you find out what is the Hong Kong Time Zone? (The answer is: UTC+8 (HKT)). Pick a place or a zone (e.g. 'Hong Kong Time') and hit the 'Find out' button.
Time Zone of a Place
Time zone of

Named Time Zones

Time zoneStandard timeDaylight saving time
Alaska TimeUTC−9UTC−8
Atlantic TimeUTC−4UTC−3
Australian Central TimeUTC+9:30UTC+10:30
Australian Eastern TimeUTC+10UTC+11
Australian Western TimeUTC+8not observed
Brasília TimeUTC−3not observed
Central European TimeUTC+1UTC+2
Central TimeUTC−6UTC−5
Chamorro TimeUTC+10not observed
East Africa TimeUTC+3not observed
Eastern European TimeUTC+2UTC+3
Eastern TimeUTC−5UTC−4
Greenwich Mean TimeUTCUTC+1
Hawaii–Aleutian TimeUTC−10not observed
Hong Kong TimeUTC+8not observed
India Standard TimeUTC+5:30not observed
Irish TimeUTCUTC+1
Irkutsk TimeUTC+8not observed
Israel TimeUTC+2UTC+3
Japan Standard TimeUTC+9not observed
Kaliningrad TimeUTC+2not observed
Kamchatka TimeUTC+12not observed
Korea Standard TimeUTC+9not observed
Krasnoyarsk TimeUTC+7not observed
Magadan TimeUTC+11not observed
Mexican Central TimeUTC−6not observed
Mexican Northwest TimeUTC−8UTC−7
Mexican Pacific TimeUTC−7not observed
Mexican Southeast TimeUTC−5not observed
Moscow TimeUTC+3not observed
Mountain TimeUTC−7UTC−6
Newfoundland TimeUTC−3:30UTC−2:30
New Zealand TimeUTC+12UTC+13
Omsk TimeUTC+6not observed
Pacific TimeUTC−8UTC−7
Samara TimeUTC+4not observed
Samoa TimeUTC−11not observed
South Africa Standard TimeUTC+2not observed
Vladivostok TimeUTC+10not observed
Western European TimeUTCUTC+1

FAQ

What is the Hong Kong Time Zone?

Hong Kong Time Zone UTC+8 (HKT)

Where does the Hong Kong Time Zone apply?

Among the places in this reference: Hong Kong.

Do the clocks change in the Hong Kong Time Zone?

The representative clock of the zone stays on UTC+8 all year. Nowhere in this zone do the clocks change.

What does HKT stand for?

HKT is the standard time of the zone (UTC+8).

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