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What is CST (China) in GST?

Gulf Standard Time is 4 hours behind

China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 and Gulf Standard Time is on UTC+4:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Beijing
8:04:15 PM
Time in Dubai
4:04:15 PM
Difference
−4 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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GST — Gulf Standard Time

4:00 pm

GST, Fri

Daylight saving

China Standard Time

No clock changes

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

Gulf Standard Time

No clock changes

Gulf Standard Time stays on GST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

CST (China) to GST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from China Standard Time to Gulf Standard Time. 4 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Dubai, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm CST, which is 9:00 am to 2:00 pm GST. 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

Gulf Standard Time (GST) is used in the UAE and Oman

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