Skip to content
DateAlmanac

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 neither zone observes daylight saving.

Convert a time

CST — China Standard Time

4:00 pm

CST, Sat

Time in Tokyo
5:30:33 PM
Time in Beijing
4:30:33 PM
Difference
−1 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

Daylight saving

Japan Standard Time

No clock changes

Japan Standard Time stays on JST 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.

JST to CST (China) conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 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

Other conversions