China Standard Time
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China Standard Time is the single official time zone used throughout mainland China, corresponding to UTC+8.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| China Standard Time canonical | 2,368 |
| Asia/Shanghai | 3 |
| Beijing Time | 3 |
| Asia/Chongqing | 2 |
| Asia/Harbin | 2 |
| Hong Kong Time | 2 |
| Asia/Beijing | 1 |
| Asia/Urumqi | 1 |
| Beijing time | 1 |
| CST (China Standard Time) | 1 |
| China Standard Time region | 1 |
| China Time | 1 |
| ChinaStandardTime | 1 |
| Chungyuan Standard Time | 1 |
| Singapore Standard Time | 1 |
| Taiwan Standard Time | 1 |
| 中国标准时间 | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil time standard
ⓘ
time zone ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
China Standard Time
ⓘ
surface form:
Beijing Time
CST ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Beijing
ⓘ
Guangdong Province ⓘ Hainan ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ Macau ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ Sichuan Province ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ Yunnan Province ⓘ mainland China ⓘ |
| coincidesWithTimeZone |
Australian Western Standard Time
ⓘ
China Standard Time self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong Time
Malaysia Time ⓘ Japan Standard Time ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine Time
China Standard Time self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Singapore Standard Time
China Standard Time self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan Standard Time
|
| country | China ⓘ |
| coversApproximateLongitudeRange | 73°E to 135°E ⓘ |
| differenceFromUTCInHours | +8 ⓘ |
| differenceFromUTCInMinutes | 480 ⓘ |
| governingAuthority |
State Council of China
ⓘ
surface form:
State Council of the People's Republic of China
|
| IANATimeZoneIdentifier |
China Standard Time
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Asia/Chongqing
China Standard Time self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Asia/Harbin
China Standard Time self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Asia/Shanghai
Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form:
Asia/Urumqi
China ⓘ
surface form:
PRC
|
| introduced | 1949 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official national standard time of the People's Republic of China ⓘ |
| numberOfOfficialTimeZonesInCountry | 1 ⓘ |
| observedByPopulation | over 1.4 billion people ⓘ |
| observesAllYear | yes ⓘ |
| politicalReasonForSingleZone | national unity and administrative convenience ⓘ |
| referenceMeridian | 120th meridian east ⓘ |
| regionSpan | about 5 geographical time zones ⓘ |
| timeInCapital |
China Standard Time
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Beijing time
|
| timeNotationUsed | 24-hour clock ⓘ |
| typicalAbbreviation |
CST
ⓘ
surface form:
CST (China)
|
| usedForFinancialMarkets | yes ⓘ |
| usedForRailwayTimetables | yes ⓘ |
| usedForTelevisionBroadcastSchedules | yes ⓘ |
| usedInAviationAs | UTC+8 ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | no ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | UTC+08:00 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2,391)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beijing time
this entity surface form:
Beijing Time
this entity surface form:
Asia/Shanghai
this entity surface form:
Asia/Chongqing
this entity surface form:
Asia/Harbin
this entity surface form:
Singapore Standard Time
this entity surface form:
Hong Kong Time
this entity surface form:
Taiwan Standard Time
subject surface form:
Hong Kong
this entity surface form:
Hong Kong Time
subject surface form:
Zhongnanhai
subject surface form:
Shenzhen
subject surface form:
Eastern China
subject surface form:
Liuzhou
subject surface form:
Wuhan
subject surface form:
Chengdu
subject surface form:
East Lake (Wuhan)
subject surface form:
Xi'an