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What is AEST in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 3 hours behind

Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+11:00 and China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. Australian Eastern Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read AEDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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CST — China Standard Time

4:00 pm

CST, Sat

Time in Sydney
7:30:33 PM
Time in Beijing
4:30:33 PM
Difference
−3 h
Next clock change
April 4, 2027

When the difference changes

Australian Eastern Time and China Standard Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. Now – April 4, 2027China Standard Time is 3 hours behind
  2. April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027China Standard Time is 2 hours behind
  3. October 3, 2027 – onwardsChina Standard Time is 3 hours behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, April 4, 2027

Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on AEST after that.

China Standard Time

No clock changes

China Standard Time stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AEST to CST (China) conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Australian Eastern Time to China Standard Time. 3 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Beijing, which is marked.

12:00 am AEDT
9:00 pm CST−1 day
1:00 am AEDT
10:00 pm CST−1 day
2:00 am AEDT
11:00 pm CST−1 day
3:00 am AEDT
12:00 am CST
4:00 am AEDT
1:00 am CST
5:00 am AEDT
2:00 am CST
6:00 am AEDT
3:00 am CST
7:00 am AEDT
4:00 am CST
8:00 am AEDT
5:00 am CST
9:00 am AEDT
6:00 am CST
10:00 am AEDT
7:00 am CST
11:00 am AEDT
8:00 am CST
12:00 pm AEDT
9:00 am CST
1:00 pm AEDT
10:00 am CST
2:00 pm AEDT
11:00 am CST
3:00 pm AEDT
12:00 pm CST
4:00 pm AEDT
1:00 pm CST
5:00 pm AEDT
2:00 pm CST
6:00 pm AEDT
3:00 pm CST
7:00 pm AEDT
4:00 pm CST
8:00 pm AEDT
5:00 pm CST
9:00 pm AEDT
6:00 pm CST
10:00 pm AEDT
7:00 pm CST
11:00 pm AEDT
8:00 pm CST

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm AEDT, which is 9:00 am to 3:00 pm CST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

A note on CST (China): it can also mean the abbreviation CST is shared with US Central Time and Cuba Standard Time.

Australian Eastern Time (AEDT) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.

China Standard Time (CST) is used in the whole of China, which runs on one offset from Kashgar to Shanghai

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