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China
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CST
China Standard Time
GMT +8
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Quick answers

Altay is 2 hours behind CST Asia year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Altay correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in CST Asia.

Compare Altay time with CST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

XJT (Xinjiang Time) is 2 hours behind China Standard Time
6:00 pm18:00 in Altay, China is 8:00 pm20:00 in CST

Altay to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in Altay which corresponds to 11am-5pm in CST

6:00 pm18:00 XJT (Xinjiang Time) (Altay, China). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

6:00 pm18:00 Altay, China / 8:00 pm20:00 CST

Altay, ChinaCST
12am (midnight)2am
1am3am
2am4am
3am5am
4am6am
5am7am
6am8am
7am9am
8am10am
9am11am
10am12pm (noon)
11am1pm
12pm (noon)2pm
1pm3pm
2pm4pm
3pm5pm
4pm6pm
5pm7pm
6pm8pm
7pm9pm
8pm10pm
9pm11pm
10pm12am (midnight)
11pm1am
00:0002:00
01:0003:00
02:0004:00
03:0005:00
04:0006:00
05:0007:00
06:0008:00
07:0009:00
08:0010:00
09:0011:00
10:0012:00
11:0013:00
12:0014:00
13:0015:00
14:0016:00
15:0017:00
16:0018:00
17:0019:00
18:0020:00
19:0021:00
20:0022:00
21:0023:00
22:0000:00
23:0001:00

Altay Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
XJT - Xinjiang Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+6:00 hours during Xinjiang Time, currently in use.

Altay Facts

Country
China
Alternative Names
A-erh-t'ai, A-erh-t’ai, A-le-t'ai, A-le-t’ai, A-lo-t'ai, A-lo-t'ai-chen, A-lo-t'ai-hsien, A-lo-t’ai, A-lo-t’ai-chen, A-lo-t’ai-hsien, A-shan, AAT, Aletai, Aletai Zhen, Altai, Altai-Sharasume, Altaj, Altajskaja, Altay, Ch'eng-hua, Ch'eng-hua-hsien, Ch'eng-hua-ssu, Cheng-hua-sze, Chenghwa, Chenghwasze, Chenkhua, Ch’eng-hua, Ch’eng-hua-hsien, Ch’eng-hua-ssu, Shara-Sumu, Sharasume, T'u-lo-t'a, Tulta, T’u-lo-t’a, a lei tai, a lei tai shi, a lei tai zhen, aleotai, altay qalasy, yaltay, yaltay shەھyry, Ālètài, Алтай, Алтайская, ئالتاي, ئالتاي شەھىرى, التاي قالاسى, 阿勒泰, 阿勒泰市, 阿勒泰镇, 아러타이
Population
139,341
Currency
Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
Geographic Coordinates
47° 50' N Latitude / 88° 08' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+86

China Standard Time

Offset: CST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: China, Macau, Taiwan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Shanghai in China, with about 14.609 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Zhumadian, Taipei, Beijing, Nanchong.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in China Standard Time (CST) do not change for daylight saving time, so CST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

CST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for CST
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Chongqing
  • Asia/Chungking
  • Asia/Harbin
  • Asia/Macao
  • Asia/Macau
  • Asia/Shanghai
  • Asia/Taipei
  • PRC
  • ROC
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time