Texas, USA
MST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CST
China Standard Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

MST (Mountain Standard Time) is 15 hours behind China Standard Time
5:00 am05:00 in El Paso, TX, USA is 8:00 pm20:00 in CST

El Paso to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm in El Paso which corresponds to 8am-9am in CST (next day)

5:00 am05:00 MST (Mountain Standard Time) (El Paso, TX, USA). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 El Paso, TX, USA / 8:00 pm20:00 CST

El Paso, TX, USACST
12am (midnight)3pm
1am4pm
2am5pm
3am6pm
4am7pm
5am8pm
6am9pm
7am10pm
8am11pm
9am12am (midnight)
10am1am
11am2am
12pm (noon)3am
1pm4am
2pm5am
3pm6am
4pm7am
5pm8am
6pm9am
7pm10am
8pm11am
9pm12pm (noon)
10pm1pm
11pm2pm
00:0015:00
01:0016:00
02:0017:00
03:0018:00
04:0019:00
05:0020:00
06:0021:00
07:0022:00
08:0023:00
09:0000:00
10:0001:00
11:0002:00
12:0003:00
13:0004:00
14:0005:00
15:0006:00
16:0007:00
17:0008:00
18:0009:00
19:0010:00
20:0011:00
21:0012:00
22:0013:00
23:0014:00

El Paso Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
MST - Mountain Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-6:00 hours during Mountain Daylight Time, currently in use.
-7:00 hours during Mountain Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

El Paso Facts

Country
USA
State
Texas
Alternative Names
Concordia, ELP, Ehl'-Pasa, Ehl'-Paso, El Pasas, El Paso, El'-Paso, El-Paso, Elpaso, Franklin, Magoffinsville, Passus, ai er pa suo, al basw, al pasw, ayl pasw, el-paso, ela peso, ela pyaso, elpaeso, Ελ Πάσο, Ел Пасо, Ель-Пасо, Эль-Паса, Эль-Пасо, Էլ Պասո, אל פאסו, إل باسو, ال پاسو, ایل پاسو, एल पॅसो, এল প্যাসো, เอลแพโซ, ელ-პასო, ელ-ფასო, エル・パソ, 艾爾帕索, 엘패소
Population
681,124
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
31° 45' N Latitude / 106° 29' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

China Standard Time

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

Countries using this time zone: China, Macau, Taiwan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Shanghai in China, with about 14.609 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Zhumadian, Taipei, Beijing, Nanchong.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in China Standard Time (CST) do not change for daylight saving time, so CST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

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 an offset of eight hours 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
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