China
CST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Qingdao time with UTC time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

CST (China Standard Time) is 8 hours ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
8:00 pm20:00 in Qingdao, China is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC

Qingdao to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm in Qingdao which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am in UTC

8:00 pm20:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Qingdao, China). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 Qingdao, China / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC

Qingdao, ChinaUTC
12am (midnight)4pm
1am5pm
2am6pm
3am7pm
4am8pm
5am9pm
6am10pm
7am11pm
8am12am (midnight)
9am1am
10am2am
11am3am
12pm (noon)4am
1pm5am
2pm6am
3pm7am
4pm8am
5pm9am
6pm10am
7pm11am
8pm12pm (noon)
9pm1pm
10pm2pm
11pm3pm
00:0016:00
01:0017:00
02:0018:00
03:0019:00
04:0020:00
05:0021:00
06:0022:00
07:0023:00
08:0000:00
09:0001:00
10:0002:00
11:0003:00
12:0004:00
13:0005:00
14:0006:00
15:0007:00
16:0008:00
17:0009:00
18:0010:00
19:0011:00
20:0012:00
21:0013:00
22:0014:00
23:0015:00

Qingdao Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CST - China Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+8:00 hours during China Standard Time, currently in use.

Qingdao Facts

Country
China
Alternative Names
Cching-tao, Ch'ing-tao, Ch'ing-tao-shih, Chheng-to-chhi, Chheng-tó-chhī, Chindao, Ching-do, Chĭng-dō̤, Ch’ing-tao, Ch’ing-tao-shih, Cindao, Cingdao, Cjindao, Csingtao, Qingdao, Qingdao Shi, Sindao, TAO, Thanh GJao, Thanh Đảo, Tsin'nktao, Tsingtao, Tsingtau, ching tea, chingdao si, chngڈaw, chyngdaw, chyng‌dayw, cingada'o, kigada'o, kuyintavo, qing dao, qing dao shi, tshynghdaw, zyngdʼw, Čching-tao, Čingdao, Τσινγκτάο, Ћингдао, Циндао, Ціндао, Чиндао, Чиңдау, Ցինդաո, צינגדאו, تشينغداو, چنگڈاؤ, چىڭداۋ شەھىرى, چینگداؤ, چینگ‌دائو, चिंगदाओ, ਕਿੰਗਦਾਓ, குயிங்தவோ, ชิงเต่า, ချင်းတောင်မြို့, 青岛, 青岛市, 青島, 青島市, 칭다오 시
Population
3,718,835
Currency
Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
Geographic Coordinates
36° 03' N Latitude / 120° 22' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+86

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone