See the live UTC time next to the current time in China, check today's real offset, and roll through any UTC time to find the matching CST time — including when the two zones fall on different dates.
China Standard Time
Coordinated Universal Time
United Kingdom Time
THE CLOCKS ABOVE ALWAYS SHOW THE LIVE CURRENT TIME. THE ROLLER BELOW IS A LOOKUP TOOL — ROTATING IT NEVER CHANGES THEM.
CST is 8 hours ahead of UTC
GMT/BST is 1 hour ahead of UTC
China is 7 hours ahead of United Kingdom
| UTC | CST | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 08:00 | Same day |
| 01:00 | 09:00 | Same day |
| 02:00 | 10:00 | Same day |
| 03:00 | 11:00 | Same day |
| 04:00 | 12:00 | Same day |
| 05:00 | 13:00 | Same day |
| 06:00 | 14:00 | Same day |
| 07:00 | 15:00 | Same day |
| 08:00 | 16:00 | Same day |
| 09:00 | 17:00 | Same day |
| 10:00 | 18:00 | Same day |
| 11:00 | 19:00 | Same day |
| 12:00 | 20:00 | Same day |
| 13:00 | 21:00 | Same day |
| 14:00 | 22:00 | Same day |
| 15:00 | 23:00 | Same day |
| 16:00 | 00:00 | Next day in China |
| 17:00 | 01:00 | Next day in China |
| 18:00 | 02:00 | Next day in China |
| 19:00 | 03:00 | Next day in China |
| 20:00 | 04:00 | Next day in China |
| 21:00 | 05:00 | Next day in China |
| 22:00 | 06:00 | Next day in China |
| 23:00 | 07:00 | Next day in China |
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world's time standard: it never shifts for seasons and every other zone is described as an offset from it. China Standard Time (CST) is the clock used in China. Converting UTC to CST means adding that offset to the UTC reading.
The whole of China uses a single time zone, China Standard Time, based on the 120° E meridian.
Take the UTC time, apply the current CST offset shown in the live panel above, and roll the date forward or back if the result crosses midnight. The interactive roller does all three steps for you: the left drum is UTC, the right drum is CST, and a day badge appears whenever the local date differs.
CST has no daylight saving changes, so the offset to UTC is stable all year. It is still calculated live from the Asia/Shanghai IANA database rather than hard-coded.
The reference table below the tool lists every UTC half hour against the matching CST time for today, so you can copy a conversion without touching the roller.
China has not observed daylight saving time since 1991, so CST stays at UTC +08:00 all year.