UTC+8 time now
10:35PM
UTC+8
+13 h vs New York (you)WITA · SGT · MYT · PHT · HKT · AWST
About UTC+8
UTC+8 is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time: when it is noon UTC, it is 8:00 PM at UTC+8.
12 zones keep UTC+8 all year, covering 13 countries or territories.
For a fixed offset in software, tzdata provides Etc/GMT-8; note the inverted sign of these POSIX-style names.
Abbreviations for UTC+8: WITA (Central Indonesia Time), SGT (Singapore Standard Time), MYT (Malaysia Time), PHT (Philippine Time), HKT (Hong Kong Time), AWST (Australian Western Standard Time).
UTC+8 and the sun
Across the large cities that keep UTC+8 all year, the clock runs 45 minutes behind mean solar time in Shuangyashan (131.1°) and 152 minutes ahead of it in Bole (82.1°). The offset’s own meridian is 120° east: the further a city lies from it, the further its clocks drift from the sun.
Neighbouring offsets: UTC+7 (Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta) and UTC+8:45 (Eucla).
Zones that moved to or from UTC+8 since 1970
Changes of the winter (standard) offset recorded in tzdata; ordinary seasonal daylight saving changes are not counted:
- Sunday, March 27, 2016: Chita (Asia/Chita) moved from UTC+8 to UTC+9
- Sunday, October 26, 2014: Krasnoyarsk (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) moved from UTC+8 to UTC+7
- Sunday, October 26, 2014: Irkutsk (Asia/Irkutsk) moved from UTC+9 to UTC+8
- Sunday, October 26, 2014: Chita (Asia/Chita) moved from UTC+10 to UTC+8
- Sunday, March 27, 2011: Krasnoyarsk (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) moved from UTC+7 to UTC+8
- Sunday, March 27, 2011: Irkutsk (Asia/Irkutsk) moved from UTC+8 to UTC+9
- Sunday, September 17, 2000: Dili (Asia/Dili) moved from UTC+8 to UTC+9
- Friday, January 1, 1988: Pontianak (Asia/Pontianak) moved from UTC+8 to UTC+7
- Thursday, December 31, 1981: Singapore (Asia/Singapore) moved from UTC+7:30 to UTC+8
- Sunday, January 1, 1978: Ulan Bator (Asia/Ulaanbaatar) moved from UTC+7 to UTC+8
- Monday, May 3, 1976: Dili (Asia/Dili) moved from UTC+9 to UTC+8
- Friday, June 13, 1975: Ho Chi Minh City (Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh) moved from UTC+8 to UTC+7
Since when UTC+8 has been used
The tzdata record of each zone that keeps UTC+8 as its standard time, with the date it moved to UTC+8 and the time it kept before. The earliest is Perth, on UTC+8 since Saturday, November 30, 1895; the most recent is Casey, since Thursday, March 9, 2023.
| Zone | On UTC+8 since | Before |
|---|---|---|
| Perth Australia/Perth | Saturday, November 30, 1895 | local mean time (UTC+7:43) |
| Shanghai Asia/Shanghai | Tuesday, January 1, 1901 | local mean time (UTC+8:06) |
| Kota Kinabalu Asia/Kuching | Wednesday, September 12, 1945 | UTC+9 |
| Taipei Asia/Taipei | Friday, September 21, 1945 | UTC+9 (JST) |
| Makassar Asia/Makassar | Sunday, September 23, 1945 | UTC+9 |
| Macau Asia/Macau | Monday, October 1, 1945 | UTC+9 |
| Hong Kong Asia/Hong_Kong | Sunday, November 18, 1945 | UTC+9 (JST) |
| Quezon City Asia/Manila | Saturday, December 1, 1945 | UTC+9 (JST) |
| Ulan Bator Asia/Ulaanbaatar | Sunday, January 1, 1978 | UTC+7 |
| Singapore Asia/Singapore | Thursday, December 31, 1981 | UTC+7:30 |
| Irkutsk Asia/Irkutsk | Sunday, October 26, 2014 | UTC+9 |
| Casey Antarctica/Casey | Thursday, March 9, 2023 | UTC+11 |
UTC+8 converted to other offsets
Fixed offsets only, so the table holds on any date; a city that observes daylight saving time is an hour later than its standard column in summer.
| UTC+8 | UTC (UTC+0) | EST (UTC−5) | PST (UTC−8) | CET (UTC+1) | IST (UTC+5:30) | JST (UTC+9) | AEST (UTC+10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 4:00 PM (−1 day) | 11:00 AM (−1 day) | 8:00 AM (−1 day) | 5:00 PM (−1 day) | 9:30 PM (−1 day) | 1:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 10:00 PM (−1 day) | 5:00 PM (−1 day) | 2:00 PM (−1 day) | 11:00 PM (−1 day) | 3:30 AM | 7:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 8:00 PM (−1 day) | 5:00 PM (−1 day) | 2:00 AM | 6:30 AM | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 4:00 AM | 11:00 PM (−1 day) | 8:00 PM (−1 day) | 5:00 AM | 9:30 AM | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM | 2:00 AM | 11:00 PM (−1 day) | 8:00 AM | 12:30 PM | 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 10:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 2:00 AM | 11:00 AM | 3:30 PM | 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 8:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 2:00 PM | 6:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
On UTC+8 all year
| Main city | Zone | Countries | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | Asia/Shanghai | China | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Taipei | Asia/Taipei | Taiwan | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | Hong Kong | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | Singapore, Antarctica, Malaysia | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Quezon City | Asia/Manila | Philippines | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Perth | Australia/Perth | Australia | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Makassar | Asia/Makassar | Indonesia | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Ulan Bator | Asia/Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Macau | Asia/Macau | Macao | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Irkutsk | Asia/Irkutsk | Russia | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Kota Kinabalu | Asia/Kuching | Malaysia, Brunei | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |
| Casey | Antarctica/Casey | Antarctica | 10:35 PM UTC+8 |