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Does China have daylight saving time?
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No. China does not change its clocks. Its time zones run from UTC+6 to UTC+8 and stay the same all year; Beijing is on CST, UTC+8.
China last used daylight saving time in 1991.
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Questions people ask
Does China have daylight saving time?
No. China does not change its clocks. Its time zones run from UTC+6 to UTC+8 and stay the same all year; Beijing is on CST, UTC+8.
When did China last change its clocks?
China last used daylight saving time in 1991.
What time zone is China in?
China uses UTC+6, UTC+8. See the current time in China.
Source: IANA time zone database, version 2026e, the same data phones and computers use. History is shown from 1970, the period the database documents reliably.