UTC offset

UTC+08:00

8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time — the clock of Brunei, Antarctica, Hong Kong and 10 more.

Also written GMT+8 · +08:00 · military time zone H · Hotel

Time at UTC+08:00 now

--:--:--

vs UTC

+08:00

UTC now

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Military

H · Hotel

Zones here now

14

Brunei · Casey · Hong Kong

Countries

13

🇧🇳 Brunei · 🇦🇶 Antarctica · 🇭🇰 Hong Kong

Seasonal shifts

None

all 14 keep UTC+08:00 year-round

Largest city

Chongqing

32.1M metro · CST

Who keeps UTC+08:00

14 zones, all of them permanent.

None of the zones keeping UTC+08:00 right now observe daylight saving — what you see here in June is what you get in December.

Time zoneZone identifierCountryAbbr.DST behaviour

Year-round · here every day of the year

Brunei Darussalam Time Asia/Brunei🇧🇳 Brunei+08 — Never observes DST

Casey Time Antarctica/Casey🇦🇶 Antarctica+08 — Never observes DST

Hong Kong Standard Time Asia/Hong_Kong🇭🇰 Hong KongHKT — Never observes DST

Irkutsk Standard Time Asia/Irkutsk🇷🇺 Russia+08 — Never observes DST

Malaysia Time Asia/Kuala_Lumpur🇲🇾 Malaysia+08 — Never observes DST

Malaysia Time Asia/Kuching🇲🇾 Malaysia+08 — Never observes DST

China Standard Time Asia/Macau🇲🇴 MacauCST — Never observes DST

Central Indonesia Time Asia/Makassar🇮🇩 IndonesiaWITA — Never observes DST

Philippine Standard Time Asia/Manila🇵🇭 PhilippinesPST — Never observes DST

Australian Western Standard Time Australia/Perth🇦🇺 AustraliaAWST — Never observes DST

China Standard Time Asia/Shanghai🇨🇳 ChinaCST — Never observes DST

Singapore Standard Time Asia/Singapore🇸🇬 Singapore+08 — Never observes DST

Taipei Standard Time Asia/Taipei🇹🇼 TaiwanCST — Never observes DST

Ulaanbaatar Standard Time Asia/Ulaanbaatar🇲🇳 Mongolia+08 — Never observes DST

Major cities at UTC+08:00

Where it's --:-- right now.

ordered by population · each links to its city page

🇨🇳 Chongqing

15:50:21 · CST

pop. 32MUTC+08:00 year-round

🇨🇳 Shanghai

15:50:21 · CST

pop. 25MUTC+08:00 year-round

15:50:21 · CST

pop. 24MUTC+08:00 year-round

🇨🇳 Beijing

15:50:21 · CST

pop. 22MUTC+08:00 year-round

🇨🇳 Chengdu

15:50:21 · CST

pop. 21MUTC+08:00 year-round

🇨🇳 Guangzhou

15:50:21 · CST

pop. 19MUTC+08:00 year-round

Compare & convert

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Times below are live conversions against each reference's current offset — daylight saving included.

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UTC ±00:0004:00same day

New York EDT00:00same day

London BST05:00same day

Paris CEST06:00same day

Tokyo JST13:00same day

Sydney AEST14:00same day

About this offset

One rung, 13 flags.

UTC+08:00 is kept by 14 zones across Brunei, Antarctica, Hong Kong and 10 more. All of its resident zones keep it permanently — no daylight saving, no seasonal drift.

Frequently asked questions

Answers generated from live data for UTC+08:00. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What time is it at UTC+08:00 right now?: UTC+08:00 is always exactly 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, every day of the year. The clock at the top of this page shows its current time live — in military usage this offset is zone H (Hotel).
Which countries use UTC+08:00?: 14 territories keep UTC+08:00 year-round: Brunei (Asia/Brunei), Antarctica (Antarctica/Casey), Hong Kong (Asia/Hong_Kong), Russia (Asia/Irkutsk).
Is Chongqing always on UTC+08:00?: Yes. Chongqing does not observe daylight saving time, so it stays at UTC+08:00 every day of the year.
What's the difference between UTC+08:00 and CST?: UTC+08:00 is the numeric offset; CST (China Standard Time) is one named time zone that keeps it. Other zones can share the offset while following entirely different rules and history — same clock, different identity.

Walk the ladder

Adjacent offsets.

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Free · Developer API

This offset, as JSON.

Query every zone at UTC+08:00 — including the seasonal drifters — in one call.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// every zone at UTC+08:00, right now

GET /v1/timezones?offset=+08:00

{

"data": [

{ "iana": "Asia/Brunei", … },

{ "iana": "Antarctica/Casey", … },

{ "iana": "Asia/Hong_Kong", … },

]

}