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China
has one
time zone
.
[1]
It is officially called
China Standard Time (CST)
.
It is 8 hours ahead of
Coordinated Universal Time
(
UTC+08:00
).
[1]
There is no
daylight saving time
.
The capital of China is
Beijing
.
[1]
It is at about
116° east
.
[1]
The
visual sun time
for Beijing is UTC+7:45:32.
The time zone UTC+08:00 matches the visual sun time for 120° east.
The complete hour UTC+08:00 is a compromise to be compatible to other time zones on earth.
Because Beijing is the capital, and the UTC+08:00 time zone is about right for the capital’s location, people usually call China Standard Time,
北京??
;
B?ij?ng Shiji?n
; "northern capital time", in English
Beijing Standard Time (BJT)
.
Xinjiang
(
East Turkestan
) unofficially uses
UTC+06:00
.
Many locations north and south of Xinjiang use this time zone.
However, the main population, the
Uyghur people
, also use the time zone as a political statement, to express disagreement with the central government in Beijing.
The UTC+08:00 time zone is also used in
Taiwan
.
However, because of political reasons it is usually called
Taipei Time
or
Taiwan Time
.
Similarly, in
Hong Kong
the time zone is called
Hong Kong Time
.
Some people say that (except for 112???128°?E) the usage of
UTC+08:00
was harmful.
China should have five time zones.
The country’s west, especially in Xinjiang, see
sunrise
as late as 10
a.m.
CST, making children go to school in the dark, and
sunsets
in the
summer
as late as
midnight
.
- ↑
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
"China - The World Factbook"
. Central Intelligence Agency. November 29, 2022
. Retrieved
December 5,
2022
.
- ↑
"China profile - Timeline"
. British Broadcasting Corporation. July 29, 2019
. Retrieved
December 5,
2022
.
- ↑
3.0
3.1
Willyard, Cassandra (March 16, 2012).
"One Time Zone for the World?"
.
Smithsonian Magazine
. Retrieved
December 5,
2022
.