UTC+08:00

UTC+08:00

UTC+08:00 ~ 120 degrees E – all year − (behind) UTC + (ahead) 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 09 30 04 30 03 30 03 30 04 30 30 45 06 30 09 30 10 30 11 30 12 45 Areas in a darker shade use daylight saving time. The base color shows the standard time.
Meridians
Central	120 degrees E
Western border (nautical)	112.5 degrees E
Eastern border (nautical)	127.5 degrees E
Other
Date-time group (DTG)	H
External links

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

Time in Russia

	Time	Zone
	UTC+03:00	MSK−1: Kaliningrad Time
	UTC+04:00	MSK:  Moscow Time
	UTC+06:00	MSK+2: Yekaterinburg Time
	UTC+07:00	MSK+3: Omsk Time
	UTC+08:00	MSK+4: Krasnoyarsk Time
	UTC+09:00	MSK+5: Irkutsk Time
	UTC+10:00	MSK+6: Yakutsk Time
	UTC+11:00	MSK+7: Vladivostok Time
	UTC+12:00	MSK+8: Magadan Time

Time in Indonesia:

  UTC+07:00 - Western Indonesian Time

  UTC+08:00 - Central Indonesian Time

  UTC+09:00 - Eastern Indonesian Time

Neighboring countries:

  UTC+07:00 - Thailand

  UTC+08:00 - Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

  UTC+09:00 - East Timor

  UTC+09:30 - Australia

  UTC+10:00 - Papua New Guinea

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

Time zones of China 1912:

  UTC+05:30 Kunlun Time

  UTC+06:00 Sinkiang-Tibet Time

  UTC+07:00 Kansu-Szechuan Time

  UTC+08:00 Chungyuan Time

  UTC+08:30 Changpai Time

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 2013-05-11UTC13:49:26+08:00.

With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% 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.

As standard time (all year round)

North Asia

• Russia - Krasnoyarsk Time

East Asia

• Mongolia (most of the country) - Time in Mongolia
• Mainland China - China Standard Time (Beijing Time)
• Taiwan - National Standard Time
• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Time
• Macau - Macau Standard Time (Hong Kong Standard Time)

Southeast Asia

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

Oceania

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

Discrepancies between official UTC+08 and geographical UTC+08

Areas located within UTC+08 longitudes using other time zones

The western parts of Korea, including the cities Pyongyang and Seoul.

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

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

• Parts of eastern China including the eastern end of Heilongjiang province.
• Easternmost parts of Western Australia.

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

• Parts of China, including Guangxi Province and Hainan Island.
• Most of central Mongolia including the capital Ulaanbaatar.
• Peninsular Malaysia.
• Western part of Borneo Island including the western part of Sarawak, Malaysia.
• Singapore

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

• Parts of China, including most of Xinjiang province (although most locals observe UTC+06 even if it is officially UTC+08)^{[citation needed]} and most of Tibet.
• 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 Indonesia
• Time in Malaysia
• Time in the Philippines
• Time in Russia
• Time in Singapore
• Time in China

External links

• History of Hong Kong Time Service