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EDT/EST

Eastern Daylight Time

GMT -4

EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use

PDT/PST

Pacific Daylight Time

GMT -7

PST automatically adjusted to PDT time zone, that is in use

IST

India Standard Time

GMT +5:30

KST

Korea Standard Time

GMT +9

Shanghai

China

CST

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 3 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time and 1 hour ahead of Central Daylight Time and 9 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time and 13 hours behind Korea Standard Time and 12 hours behind CST (China Standard Time)
8:00 pm20:00 in EDT is 5:00 pm17:00 in PDT and is 7:00 pm19:00 in CDT and is 5:30 am05:30 in IST and is 9:00 am09:00 in KST and is 8:00 am08:00 in Shanghai, China

EST to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm in EST which corresponds to 8am-3pm in PST
EST to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-6pm in EST which corresponds to 8am-6pm in CDT
EST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-9:30am in EST which corresponds to 6pm-8pm in IST
EST to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6am-8am in EST which corresponds to 8pm-10pm in KST
EST to Shanghai call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30am-8:30am in EST which corresponds to 7:30pm-9:30pm in Shanghai

8:00 pm20:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
7:00 pm19:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:30 am05:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
9:00 am09:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Shanghai, China). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 EDT / 5:00 pm17:00 PDT / 7:00 pm19:00 CDT / 5:30 am05:30 IST / 9:00 am09:00 KST / 8:00 am08:00 Shanghai, China

EDT PDT CDT IST KST Shanghai, China
12am (midnight) 9pm 11pm 9:30 am 1pm 12pm (noon)
1am 10pm 12am (midnight) 10:30 am 2pm 1pm
2am 11pm 1am 11:30 am 3pm 2pm
3am 12am (midnight) 2am 12:30 pm 4pm 3pm
4am 1am 3am 1:30 pm 5pm 4pm
5am 2am 4am 2:30 pm 6pm 5pm
6am 3am 5am 3:30 pm 7pm 6pm
7am 4am 6am 4:30 pm 8pm 7pm
8am 5am 7am 5:30 pm 9pm 8pm
9am 6am 8am 6:30 pm 10pm 9pm
10am 7am 9am 7:30 pm 11pm 10pm
11am 8am 10am 8:30 pm 12am (midnight) 11pm
12pm (noon) 9am 11am 9:30 pm 1am 12am (midnight)
1pm 10am 12pm (noon) 10:30 pm 2am 1am
2pm 11am 1pm 11:30 pm 3am 2am
3pm 12pm (noon) 2pm 12:30 am 4am 3am
4pm 1pm 3pm 1:30 am 5am 4am
5pm 2pm 4pm 2:30 am 6am 5am
6pm 3pm 5pm 3:30 am 7am 6am
7pm 4pm 6pm 4:30 am 8am 7am
8pm 5pm 7pm 5:30 am 9am 8am
9pm 6pm 8pm 6:30 am 10am 9am
10pm 7pm 9pm 7:30 am 11am 10am
11pm 8pm 10pm 8:30 am 12pm (noon) 11am
0:00 21:00 23:00 9:30 13:00 12:00
1:00 22:00 0:00 10:30 14:00 13:00
2:00 23:00 1:00 11:30 15:00 14:00
3:00 0:00 2:00 12:30 16:00 15:00
4:00 1:00 3:00 13:30 17:00 16:00
5:00 2:00 4:00 14:30 18:00 17:00
6:00 3:00 5:00 15:30 19:00 18:00
7:00 4:00 6:00 16:30 20:00 19:00
8:00 5:00 7:00 17:30 21:00 20:00
9:00 6:00 8:00 18:30 22:00 21:00
10:00 7:00 9:00 19:30 23:00 22:00
11:00 8:00 10:00 20:30 0:00 23:00
12:00 9:00 11:00 21:30 1:00 0:00
13:00 10:00 12:00 22:30 2:00 1:00
14:00 11:00 13:00 23:30 3:00 2:00
15:00 12:00 14:00 0:30 4:00 3:00
16:00 13:00 15:00 1:30 5:00 4:00
17:00 14:00 16:00 2:30 6:00 5:00
18:00 15:00 17:00 3:30 7:00 6:00
19:00 16:00 18:00 4:30 8:00 7:00
20:00 17:00 19:00 5:30 9:00 8:00
21:00 18:00 20:00 6:30 10:00 9:00
22:00 19:00 21:00 7:30 11:00 10:00
23:00 20:00 22:00 8:30 12:00 11:00

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (2)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (3)End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (4)Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'

IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Jamaica
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST
  • EST5EDT
  • Jamaica
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan

Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:

  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (5)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (6)End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (7)Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'

IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific

PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Peru Standard Time - UTC -5
  • Pakistan Standard Time - UTC +5:30

Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:

  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone

Central Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT timezone is Chicago from USA with population about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in the area are Havana, Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio

French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre

Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (8)

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (9)Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (10)End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November

CDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'

IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • America/Chicago
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke

CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4

Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:

  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai

Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (11)

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates five hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata

IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2

Korea Standard Time

Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: Korea (North), Korea (South)

Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST timezone is Seoul from South Korea with population about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in the area are Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu

Daylight Saving: Korea Standard Time (KST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore KST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Korea Standard Time remains the same

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (12)

KST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates nine hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • India - Military abbreviation for KST
  • I - short form of 'India'

IANA/Olson: Reflects KST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • Asia/Pyongyang
  • Asia/Seoul
  • ROK

KST Abbreviation: Several time zones share KST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
  • Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30

Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:

  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time

Shanghai Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name

CST - China Standard Time

UTC / GMT Offset

+8:00 hours during China Standard Time, currently in use.

Shanghai Facts

Country

China

Alternative Names

SHA, San'nkae, Sanchajus, Sangaj, Sangay, Sanghaj, Sanghay, Sanhaja, Sanhajo, Sanxay, Schanghai, Shang-hai, Shang-hai-shih, Shangai, Shangaj, Shanghai, Shanghai - shang hai, Shanghai - 上海, Shankhaj, Sjanghae, Sjanghai, Sjanghæ, Szanghaj, Thuong Hai, Thượng Hải, Xangai, cankay, sangha'i, sanghae, sanghai, seiynghi, shang hai, shang hai shi, shanghay, shanghhay, shanhai, zhong guo shang hai, Ŝanhajo, Şangay, Şanghay, Şanxay, Šanchajus, Šangaj, Šanghaj, Šanhaja, Σανγκάη, Шангај, Шанхай, שאנגחאי, شانغهاي, شانگهای, شاڭخەي, شاڭخەي شەھىرى, সাংঘাই, சாங்காய், เซี่ยงไฮ้, შანჰაი, 上海, 上海市, 中国上海, 상하이, 상해

Population

22,315,474

Currency

Yuan Renminbi (CNY)

Geographic Coordinates

31° 13' N Latitude / 121° 27' E Longitude

International Dialing Code

+86

EST to IST GMT to EST PST to EST EST to GMT PST to GMT

EST to PST to CDT to IST to KST to Shanghai, China (2024)

FAQs

How far ahead is Shanghai time from PST? ›

Getting Started
Shanghai, China ( in Shanghai) to Pacific Standard Time (PST)
12 pm in Shanghaiis9 pm PST
1 pm in Shanghaiis10 pm PST
2 pm in Shanghaiis11 pm PST
3 pm in Shanghaiis12 am PST
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Is CDT 2 hours ahead of PST? ›

What is the difference between CDT and PST time zones? The Central Daylight Time (CDT) is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST).

How far ahead is China from PST? ›

What is the difference between CST and PST time zones? The China Standard Time (CST) is 15 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST).

What is the difference between CDT and IST? ›

What is the difference between CDT and IST time zones? The Central Daylight Time (CDT) is 10.5 hours behind of India Standard Time (IST).

Does China have 3 time zones? ›

China has one time zone. It is officially called China Standard Time (CST). It is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+08:00).

Why is China 1 time zone? ›

Although there are practical and economic advantages to a single time zone, the impetus for standardisation was more about a signal the Chinese Communist Party wanted to send when it came to power in 1949.

How far ahead is EST from CDT? ›

What is the difference between CDT and EST time zones? The Central Daylight Time (CDT) is 1 hours behind of Eastern Standard Time (EST).

What is difference between CDT and CST? ›

CDT stands for Central Daylight Time, the time in the United States' Central Time Zone during Daylight Savings Time. CST stands for Central Standard Time, and is the time in the United States' Central Time Zone when Daylight Savings Time is not in effect. They differ by one hour.

What time zone is 12 hours ahead of CDT? ›

Nepal and a part of Russia are officially 12 hours ahead of you. Parts of China would be too, but the government has the whole country following Beijing time. That means that those in the west start at times that would be considered afternoon in Beijing, but are actually morning there.

How many hours ahead is China than EST? ›

Eastern Time is 12:00 hours behind China Standard Time

NTP distributes UTC to connected devices via the internet.

What country is 14 hours ahead of PST? ›

Time Differences from Los Angeles to World Cities
Abidjan+7 hours
Bangkok+14 hours
Bangui+8 hours
Banjul+7 hours
Barcelona *+9 hours
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Is China a whole day ahead of us? ›

Beijing is 13 hours ahead of Washington DC. That makes it one calendar day ahead of America more than half of the time. From America, pass east across the Atlantic Ocean and Europe on the way to Asia. You do not cross the International Date Line to do this, so China is many hours ahead of America.

What is CDT time in the USA? ›

CDT or CST? Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a North American time zone in use from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November during Daylight Saving Time (DST). Central Standard Time (CST) is used during the remainder of the year.

How far ahead is ist from CDT? ›

Getting Started
Central Daylight Time (CDT) to India Standard Time (IST)
12 pm CDTis10 pm IST
1 pm CDTis11 pm IST
2 pm CDTis12 am IST
3 pm CDTis1 am IST
8 more rows

What states use CDT time? ›

In the United States, the time zone includes the entire area of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. It also includes parts of Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.

How many hours ahead is Shanghai than California? ›

California is 15 hours behind Shanghai.

How many hours ahead is China than Seattle? ›

Seattle is 15 hours behind China Standard Time.

Is Beijing and Shanghai the same time? ›

Due to their geographical locations, both are within the UTC+08:00 time zone, which is the same as the national standard, Beijing time.

Is China ahead of the US time zone? ›

World Time Difference

United States uses nine standard time zones from east to west. That means Beijing is 13 hours ahead of than Washington, New York, Boston, Atlanta; 14 hours ahead of Chicago; 16 hours ahead of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle; 18 hours ahead of Hawaii, etc.

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