See the live UTC time next to the current time in Hong Kong, check today's real offset, and roll through any UTC time to find the matching HKT time — including when the two zones fall on different dates.
Hong Kong 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.
HKT is 8 hours ahead of UTC
GMT/BST is 1 hour ahead of UTC
Hong Kong is 7 hours ahead of United Kingdom
| UTC | HKT | 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 Hong Kong |
| 17:00 | 01:00 | Next day in Hong Kong |
| 18:00 | 02:00 | Next day in Hong Kong |
| 19:00 | 03:00 | Next day in Hong Kong |
| 20:00 | 04:00 | Next day in Hong Kong |
| 21:00 | 05:00 | Next day in Hong Kong |
| 22:00 | 06:00 | Next day in Hong Kong |
| 23:00 | 07:00 | Next day in Hong Kong |
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. Hong Kong Time (HKT) is the clock used in Hong Kong. Converting UTC to HKT means adding that offset to the UTC reading.
Hong Kong Time matches mainland China, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines.
Take the UTC time, apply the current HKT 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 HKT, and a day badge appears whenever the local date differs.
HKT has no daylight saving changes, so the offset to UTC is stable all year. It is still calculated live from the Asia/Hong_Kong IANA database rather than hard-coded.
The reference table below the tool lists every UTC half hour against the matching HKT time for today, so you can copy a conversion without touching the roller.
Hong Kong does not use daylight saving time. HKT is a fixed UTC +08:00.