United Arab Emirates
GST
CST
China Standard Time
GMT +8

Time Difference

GST (Gulf Standard Time) is 4 hours behind China Standard Time
12:30 pm12:30 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates is 4:30 pm16:30 in CST

Sharjah to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-2pm in Sharjah which corresponds to 12pm-6pm in CST

12:30 pm12:30 GST (Gulf Standard Time) (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

12:30 pm12:30 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates / 4:30 pm16:30 CST

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

Sharjah Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GST - Gulf Standard Time
GST - Gulf Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+4:00 hours during Gulf Standard Time, currently in use.
+4:00 hours during Gulf Standard 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.

Sharjah Facts

Country
United Arab Emirates
Alternative Names
Al Sharjah, Ash 'Mariqah, Ash Shariqa, Ash Shariqah, Ash Shāriqa, Ash Shāriqah, Ash ’Mariqah, Ash-Shariqah emiraat, Ash-Shāriqah emiraat, Charjah, Ch·ardj·a, SHJ, Sardza, Sardzsa, Sarika, Sarja, Sarjo, Sarza, Schardscha, Shardza, Shardzha, Shardzha kuorat, Sharga, Sharijah, Shariqah, Sharja, Sharjah, Sharjah city, Shārijah, Shāriqah, Shārja, Szardza, Szardża, Xarja, Xarjah, alsharqt, amart alsharqt, carja, charc ah, mdynt alsharqt, saraja, sarajaha, sarja, sharja, sharjh, sharuja, syaleuja, sʼrgh, xia er jia, Ŝarĵo, Şarika, Şarja, Šardža, Šardžá, Шарджа, Шарджа куорат, Шарџа, Шарҗә, Շարժա, שארגה, إمارة الشارقة, الشارقة, شارجه, شارجہ, مدينة الشارقة, शारजा, शारजाह, ਸ਼ਾਰਜਾ, சார்ஜா, షార్జా, ಶಾರ್ಜ, ഷാർജ, ชาร์จาห์, შარჯა, シャールジャ, 夏尔迦, 샤르자
Population
1,324,473
Currency
Dirham (AED)
Geographic Coordinates
25° 20' N Latitude / 55° 24' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+971

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