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What is GST in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 4 hours ahead

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

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

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CST — China Standard Time

8:00 pm

CST, Fri

Daylight saving

Gulf Standard Time

No clock changes

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

China Standard Time

No clock changes

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

GST to CST (China) conversion table

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

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

Scheduling between the two

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

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

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

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