UTC+08:00

UTC+08:00
Time zone
World map with the time zone highlighted
UTC offset
UTC	UTC±00:00
Current time
20:34, 5 July 2024 UTC+08:00 [refresh]
Observance of DST
DST is observed throughout this time zone.

UTC+08:00 June 2011, in Yellow (observed all year round in all locations), Light Blue - Sea Areas

Time in Russia

	KALT	Kaliningrad Time	UTC+2	(MSK−1)
	MSK	Moscow Time	UTC+3	(MSK±0)
	SAMT	Samara Time	UTC+4	(MSK+1)
	YEKT	Yekaterinburg Time	UTC+5	(MSK+2)
	OMST	Omsk Time	UTC+6	(MSK+3)
	KRAT	Krasnoyarsk Time	UTC+7	(MSK+4)
	IRKT	Irkutsk Time	UTC+8	(MSK+5)
	YAKT	Yakutsk Time	UTC+9	(MSK+6)
	VLAT	Vladivostok Time	UTC+10	(MSK+7)
	MAGT	Magadan Time	UTC+11	(MSK+8)
	PETT	Kamchatka Time	UTC+12	(MSK+9)

Time in Indonesia

Map of time zones of Indonesia
Western Indonesia Time UTC offset	UTC+07:00
Central Indonesia Time UTC offset	UTC+08:00
Eastern Indonesia Time UTC offset	UTC+09:00
Adopted	1 January 1988
Time notation	24-hour clock
tz database	Asia/Jakarta · Asia/Pontianak · Asia/Makassar · Asia/Jayapura

Time in Australia

	Standard	DST	Zone
	UTC+08:00 (year round)		Western Time
	UTC+09:30 (year round)		Central Time
	UTC+09:30	UTC+10:30	Central Time
	UTC+10:00 (year round)		Eastern Time
	UTC+10:00	UTC+11:00	Eastern Time
	UTC+10:30	UTC+11:00	Lord Howe Island

UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as 2024-07-05T20:34:05+08:00.

With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time.

This time zone is used in all Chinese-speaking countries, giving international Chinese websites the same time.

The southern-half of Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) was formerly part of this time zone prior to the communist takeover of the South on April 30, 1975, making it 1 hour ahead of North Vietnam. After 1975, the whole country came under the North Vietnamese time zone, UTC+07:00.

As standard time (all year round)

Principal cities: Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei

North Asia

• Russia - Irkutsk Time

East Asia

• People's Republic of China - China Standard Time
• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Time (Hong Kong Standard Time)
• Macau - Macau Time (Macau Standard Time)
• Taiwan - National Standard Time
• Mongolia - (most of the country) - Time in Mongolia

Southeast Asia

• Philippines - Philippine Standard Time
• Brunei - Brunei Darussalam Standard Time
• Malaysia - Malaysia Standard Time
• Singapore - Singapore Standard Time
• Indonesia (Central areas) - Indonesia Central Time
  • East and South Kalimantan
  • Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Sulawesi

Oceania

• Australia - Western Standard Time (AWST)
  • Western Australia

Antarctica

• Some bases in Antarctica. See also Time in Antarctica.

Discrepancies between official UTC+08 and geographical UTC+08

This section is only partly updated for Russia which had the latest time zone changes in 2016.

Areas located within UTC+08 longitudes using other time zones

This concerns areas within 112°30′ E to 127°30′ E longitude.

• Parts of Indonesia, including eastern East Java with its capital city Surabaya, most of Central Kalimantan, and eastern part of West Kalimantan, where UTC+07:00 is used.
• The western parts of Korea, including the South Korean capital city, Seoul, where UTC+09:00 is used.

Areas located outside UTC+08 longitudes using UTC+08 time

Areas between 127°30′ E and 142°30′ E ("physical" UTC+09)

• Parts of (north)eastern China including the eastern half of Heilongjiang Province and the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province.
• Easternmost parts of Western Australia.

Areas between 97°30′ E and 112°30′ E ("physical" UTC+07)

From south to north:

• Singapore
• Malaysia:
  • Western part of Sarawak, including its capital Kuching.
  • Peninsular Malaysia, where the nation's capital Kuala Lumpur is located.
• Many parts of central China including:
  • Hainan
  • Guangxi
  • Yunnan
  • Guizhou
  • Sichuan
  • Chongqing
  • Shaanxi
  • Ningxia
  • Gansu
  • western ⅔ of Hunan
  • western half of:
    • Hubei
    • Shanxi
    • Inner Mongolia, including its capital Hohhot.
  • western third of:
    • Guangdong
    • Henan
• Most of central Mongolia including the capital Ulaanbaatar.
• In Russia, most of:
  • Irkutsk Oblast
  • Buryatia

Areas between 82°30′ E and 97°30′ E ("physical" UTC+06)

• Parts of China
  • most of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (although many locals set their clocks at UTC+06 even if it is officially UTC+08, in any case work and shop schedules are two hours after Beijing). See also Time in China.
  • most of Tibet Autonomous Region
• Western Mongolia.

Areas between 67°30′ E and 82°30′ E ("physical" UTC+05)

• Parts of western China including western Xinjiang province (although most locals observe UTC+06 even if it is officially UTC+08).

See also

• Time in Australia
• Time in China
• Time in Indonesia
• Time in Malaysia
• Time in Mongolia
• Time in the Philippines
• Time in Russia
• Time in Singapore
• Time in Taiwan
• Time in Vietnam

External links

• History of Hong Kong Time Service