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What is AKST in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 17 hours ahead

Alaska Time is on UTC−9:00 and China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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CST — China Standard Time

4:00 pm

CST, Sat, the next day

Time in Anchorage
11:30:49 PM
Time in Beijing
4:30:49 PM
Difference
+17 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Alaska 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 – March 14, 2027China Standard Time is 17 hours ahead
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027China Standard Time is 16 hours ahead
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsChina Standard Time is 17 hours ahead

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

Alaska Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

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

China Standard Time

No clock changes

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

AKST to CST (China) conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 6, 2026, converted from Alaska Time to China Standard Time. 17 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Beijing, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm AKST, which is 9:00 am to 11:00 am 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.

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

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