In which country is the Asia/Shanghai timezone located?

The timezone Asia/Shanghai is mainly used in China .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is Asia/Shanghai . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of Asia/Shanghai to UTC?

The current time difference for Asia/Shanghai is exactly UTC+08:00 .

Timezone

Asia/Shanghai

UTC +08:00 CST DST off

19:43:54

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 7:43:54 PM

Wk 17

Day 111/365

Unix 1776771834

Day progress

since 00:00 19:43:54 until 24:00 04:16:06

Current time in Asia/Shanghai

The details for Asia/Shanghai are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-04-21T19:43:54+0800
RFC 3339: 2026-04-21T19:43:54+08:00
RFC 2822: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:43:54 +0800
Ordinal Day of the Week: 2
Ordinal Day of the Year: 111
Ordinal Week Number: 17
ISO week date: 2026-W17-2
Quarter: 2
Epoch (milliseconds): 1776771834070

Timezone Details

Timezone: Asia/Shanghai
Timezone Abbreviation: CST
ISO-3166-2: CN
Country Name: China
Latitude: 31.23333
Longitude: 121.46666
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation CST: America/Bahia Banderas, America/Belize, America/Chihuahua, America/Costa Rica, America/El Salvador, America/Guatemala, America/Managua, America/Merida, America/Mexico City, America/Monterrey, America/Regina, America/Swift Current, America/Tegucigalpa, Asia/Chongqing, Asia/Chungking, Asia/Harbin, Asia/Macao, Asia/Macau, Asia/Taipei, Canada/Saskatchewan, Mexico/General, PRC and ROC

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-04-21T11:43:54+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +08:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+08:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 28800
Unixtime: 1776771834

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+08:00

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "quarter": 2,
    "epoch_ms": 1776771834070,
    "has_dst": false,
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    "utc_offset": "+08:00",
    "display_utc_offset": "UTC+08:00",
    "rfc3339": "2026-04-21T19:43:54+08:00",
    "rfc2822": "Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:43:54 +0800",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'CST'
datetime: '2026-04-21T19:43:54+0800'
day_of_week: 2
day_of_year: 111
week_number: 17
iso_week_date: '2026-W17-2'
quarter: 2
epoch_ms: 1776771834070
has_dst: false
is_dst: false
dst_last: NULL
dst_last_local: NULL
dst_last_utc: NULL
dst_next: NULL
dst_next_local: NULL
dst_next_utc: NULL
dst_offset: 28800
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 28800
timezone: 'Asia/Shanghai'
unixtime: 1776771834
utc_datetime: '2026-04-21T11:43:54+0000'
utc_offset: '+08:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+08:00'
rfc3339: '2026-04-21T19:43:54+08:00'
rfc2822: 'Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:43:54 +0800'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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