Current time in Beijing

Local time in Beijing

The time in Beijing is 8 hours ahead of UTC and 12 hours ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Beijing is China Standard Time (CST). Beijing is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1991.

Details for the time in Beijing

Current time	4:20 a.m.
Time zone	China Standard Time (CST)
IANA time zone	Asia/Shanghai
Your time difference	12 hours ahead of Columbus
UTC time difference	UTC+8 8 hours ahead of UTC

Beijing Daylight Saving Time (DST)