Current Time in CST
About CST
The standard time in China, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan (though Taiwan may also use 'TST' for Taiwan Standard Time). Despite China's vast geographical width, it officially uses a single time zone. Also known as Beijing Time.
UTC</a> Offset: +08:00
Current time shown is based on the representative IANA zone: Asia/Chongqing
China Standard Time (CST) is a time zone at UTC offset +08:00. As of Thursday, August 13, 2026, 2:24:51 AM Coordinated Universal Time, the current time in CST is 10:24:51. It groups 9 IANA time zones, including Asia/Chongqing, Asia/Chungking, Asia/Harbin, Asia/Macao and Asia/Macau, which all share this offset. CST is observed in countries such as China, Macao and Taiwan.