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What is ICT in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 1 hour ahead

Indochina Time is on UTC+7:00 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 Bangkok
7:03:55 PM
Time in Beijing
8:03:55 PM
Difference
+1 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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CST — China Standard Time

8:00 pm

CST, Fri

Daylight saving

Indochina Time

No clock changes

Indochina Time stays on ICT 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.

ICT to CST (China) conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Indochina Time to China Standard Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Beijing, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ICT, which is 10:00 am 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.

Indochina Time (ICT) is used in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

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

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