Machine-readable rule source
Exact offsets and transition rows come from the IANA Time Zone Database as exposed by the deployed runtime. IANA publishes tzdb releases when governments change civil-time rules.
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IANA timezone
Asia/Shanghai is the IANA timezone for China, currently at UTC+08:00 (CST). It does not observe daylight saving time; the offset stays the same year-round. The zone covers 4 cities listed below, with live clocks updating every second.
Last updated recently. Offset, DST behavior, and city coverage are refreshed from the live timezone dataset during the page revalidation window.
Current time in CST
--:--:--Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00
Abbreviation
CST
UTC Offset
UTC+08:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Country
China
Timezone planning depth
Timezone policy evidence
Practical use cases
Trust boundaries
Source-change watch
Exact offsets and transition rows come from the IANA Time Zone Database as exposed by the deployed runtime. IANA publishes tzdb releases when governments change civil-time rules.
Check IANA Time Zone DatabaseThe deployed IANA record for Asia/Shanghai has no current seasonal DST transition; confirm civil-time policy changes with local authority notices if they emerge.
Check policy sourceYear-round offset behavior
Asia/Shanghai has no scheduled offset transitions in the next 12 months. The displayed UTC+08:00 (GMT+8) stays stable across the window. That makes long-horizon scheduling, billing, and report-window math straightforward — meeting times do not need to track DST boundaries here.
Coverage reference
Country roster
Common abbreviations
Abbreviations rotate with each DST transition — anchor calendar entries to the IANA zone, not an abbreviation.
Peer zones at UTC+08:00 right now
Same-offset peers can drift apart later in the year if their DST rules differ; today's offset match is not a permanent equivalence.
Reference fields include Asia/Shanghai: IANA zone ID, current offset and abbreviation, DST transition dates, peer zones, country roster, and top cities.
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