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What is EET in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 5 hours ahead

Eastern European Time is on UTC+3:00 and China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. Eastern European Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read EEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Athens
3:53:03 PM
Time in Beijing
8:53:03 PM
Difference
+5 h
Next clock change
October 25, 2026

Convert a time

CST — China Standard Time

8:00 pm

CST, Fri

When the difference changes

Eastern 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 – October 25, 2026China Standard Time is 5 hours ahead
  2. October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027China Standard Time is 6 hours ahead
  3. March 28, 2027 – onwardsChina Standard Time is 5 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

Eastern European Time

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clocks go back one hour — 4:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on EET after that.

China Standard Time

No clock changes

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

EET to CST (China) conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Eastern European Time to China Standard Time. 5 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Beijing, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Eastern European Time (EEST) is used in Helsinki, Bucharest, Kyiv and Cairo

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

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