What is JST in CST (China)?
China Standard Time is 1 hour behind
Japan Standard Time is on UTC+9:00 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 Tokyo
- 11:15 am
- Time in Beijing
- 10:15 am
- Difference
- −1 h
- Next clock change
- Neither zone
Convert a time
CST — China Standard Time
10:00 am
Wed
Daylight saving
Japan Standard Time
Japan Standard Time stays on JST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
China Standard Time
China Standard Time stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
JST to CST (China) conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Japan Standard Time to China Standard Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Beijing, which is marked.
- 12:00 am JST
- 11:00 pm CST−1 day
- 1:00 am JST
- 12:00 am CST
- 2:00 am JST
- 1:00 am CST
- 3:00 am JST
- 2:00 am CST
- 4:00 am JST
- 3:00 am CST
- 5:00 am JST
- 4:00 am CST
- 6:00 am JST
- 5:00 am CST
- 7:00 am JST
- 6:00 am CST
- 8:00 am JST
- 7:00 am CST
- 9:00 am JST
- 8:00 am CST
- 10:00 am JST
- 9:00 am CST
- 11:00 am JST
- 10:00 am CST
- 12:00 pm JST
- 11:00 am CST
- 1:00 pm JST
- 12:00 pm CST
- 2:00 pm JST
- 1:00 pm CST
- 3:00 pm JST
- 2:00 pm CST
- 4:00 pm JST
- 3:00 pm CST
- 5:00 pm JST
- 4:00 pm CST
- 6:00 pm JST
- 5:00 pm CST
- 7:00 pm JST
- 6:00 pm CST
- 8:00 pm JST
- 7:00 pm CST
- 9:00 pm JST
- 8:00 pm CST
- 10:00 pm JST
- 9:00 pm CST
- 11:00 pm JST
- 10:00 pm CST
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm JST, which is 9:00 am to 5:00 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.
China Standard Time (CST) is used in the whole of China, which runs on one offset from Kashgar to Shanghai