China Standard Time or Beijing Time is the time zone observed in the People's Republic of China. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES It is eight hours ahead of UTC (UTC+8). UTC+8 is a band of Timezones separated from the Greenwich Mean Time by 8 hours
Certain regions of eastern Asia, including Greater China, also observe time zones which have the same offset, but use different names, such as Chungyuan Standard Time, Philippine Standard Time, Singapore Standard Time, etc. Greater China ( is a term referring collectively to both the territories administered by the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau) UTC+8 is a band of Timezones separated from the Greenwich Mean Time by 8 hours The Philippine Standard Time (Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas abbreviated PST) or unofficially Philippine Time (abbreviated PHT) is the name used in the Singapore uses a time zone eight hours in advance of UTC, ( UTC+8)
The PRC observed daylight saving time from 1986 through 1991, but does not now. Daylight saving time ( DST
Other time zones in the PRC
Although the only official time zone in the PRC is Beijing Time, the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, due to its geographical location in the westernmost part of the country, proclaimed Ürümqi Time, two hours behind Beijing. Xinjiang ( Uyghur: شىنجاڭ Shinjang;; Postal map spelling: Sinkiang; Turkish: Sincan, Sincan Uygur Özerk Although this is not officially recognised, it is the time observed locally by most residents.
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