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What is CET in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 7 hours ahead

Central European Time is on UTC+1:00 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

Time in Paris
9:30:19 AM
Time in Beijing
4:30:19 PM
Difference
+7 h
Next clock change
March 28, 2027

When the difference changes

Central European 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 28, 2027China Standard Time is 7 hours ahead
  2. March 28, 2027 – October 31, 2027China Standard Time is 6 hours ahead
  3. October 31, 2027 – onwardsChina Standard Time is 7 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

Central European Time

Sunday, March 28, 2027

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

China Standard Time

No clock changes

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

CET to CST (China) conversion table

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

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Central European Time (CET) is used in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Stockholm

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

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