Tonga
TST
CST
China Standard Time
GMT +8

Time Difference

TST (Tonga Standard Time) is 5 hours ahead of China Standard Time
11:30 pm23:30 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga is 6:30 pm18:30 in CST

Nuku'alofa to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-6pm in Nuku'alofa which corresponds to 8am-1pm in CST

11:30 pm23:30 TST (Tonga Standard Time) (Nuku'alofa, Tonga). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
6:30 pm18:30 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

11:30 pm23:30 Nuku'alofa, Tonga / 6:30 pm18:30 CST

Nuku'alofa, Tonga CST
12am (midnight) 7pm
1am 8pm
2am 9pm
3am 10pm
4am 11pm
5am 12am (midnight)
6am 1am
7am 2am
8am 3am
9am 4am
10am 5am
11am 6am
12pm (noon) 7am
1pm 8am
2pm 9am
3pm 10am
4pm 11am
5pm 12pm (noon)
6pm 1pm
7pm 2pm
8pm 3pm
9pm 4pm
10pm 5pm
11pm 6pm
0:00 19:00
1:00 20:00
2:00 21:00
3:00 22:00
4:00 23:00
5:00 0:00
6:00 1:00
7:00 2:00
8:00 3:00
9:00 4:00
10:00 5:00
11:00 6:00
12:00 7:00
13:00 8:00
14:00 9:00
15:00 10:00
16:00 11:00
17:00 12:00
18:00 13:00
19:00 14:00
20:00 15:00
21:00 16:00
22:00 17:00
23:00 18:00

Nuku'alofa Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
TST - Tonga Standard Time
TOT - Tonga Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+13:00 hours during Tonga Standard Time, currently in use.
+13:00 hours during Tonga Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
0:00 hours - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Nuku'alofa Facts

Country
Tonga
Alternative Names
Niukalofa, Noukoualopha, Nucualofa, Nukalofa, Nuku'alofa, Nuku`alofa, Nuku`aloia, Nukualofa, Nukuʻalofa, Nuku‘alofa, Nuku‘aloia, Nuku’alofa, TBU, nu ku a luo fa, nu kuxalofa, nukuallopa, nukuarofa, Νουκουαλόφα, Нукуалофа, נוקואלופה, นูกูอะโลฟา, ኑኩአሎፋ, ヌクアロファ, 努库阿洛法, 努庫阿洛發, 누쿠알로파
Population
22,400
Currency
Pa'anga (TOP)
Geographic Coordinates
21° 08' S Latitude / 175° 12' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+676

China Standard Time

Offset: CST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: China, Macau, Taiwan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Shanghai from China with population about 14.609 million people. Other major cities in the area are Zhumadian, Taipei, Beijing, Nanchong

Daylight Saving: China Standard Time (CST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore CST 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, China Standard Time remains the same

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

CST 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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for CST
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Chongqing
  • Asia/Chungking
  • Asia/Harbin
  • Asia/Macao
  • Asia/Macau
  • Asia/Shanghai
  • Asia/Taipei
  • PRC
  • ROC
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
  • Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time