Hong Kong Time

Hong Kong Time
Time zone
UTC offset
BTUTC+08:00
Current time
00:38, 22 June 2025 BT [refresh]
Observance of DST
DST is not observed in this time zone.
Hong Kong Time
Blackhead Point Signal Tower, where a time ball was used in the 19th century and early 20th century to announce time.
Traditional Chinese香港時間
Simplified Chinese香港时间
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Shíjiān
Wade–GilesHsiang-kang Shih-chien
IPA[ɕjáŋkàŋ ʂɻ̩̌tɕjɛ́n]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHoeng1gong2 si4gaan3

Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT; Chinese: 香港時間; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 si4 gaan3) is the time in Hong Kong, observed at UTC+08:00 all year round. The Hong Kong Observatory is the official timekeeper of the Hong Kong Time. It is indicated as Asia/Hong_Kong in the IANA time zone database.