Timezone Insight
The timezone in Shanghai is Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8).
Its current offset is GMT+08:00 (GMT+8).
What is the Timezone of Shanghai?
Detailed facts, current offset, DST status, and real-time data for the Asia/Shanghai timezone used by Shanghai, China.
IANA Timezone Data
How to convert from Asia/Shanghai to UTC
Converting a time from Asia/Shanghai to UTC is straightforward:
For example, if it is 12:00 in Shanghai, it is 04:00 UTC.
To convert the other way (UTC to Shanghai), add +8 hours to the UTC time. The offset changes by ±1 hour during daylight saving transitions in spring and fall.
About the Asia/Shanghai timezone
Asia/Shanghai is an IANA time zone identifier — the canonical, globally unique name for the civil time observed in Shanghai, China. Every operating system, programming language, and calendar product that supports time zones recognises this string and uses it to compute the correct local time for any given moment.
IANA time zones are maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and track the historical, current, and planned future civil time of every region — including daylight saving time (DST) transitions, country-level changes, and historical anomalies. This is why software like macOS, Linux, Windows, and major cloud services all use the same identifiers.
Related time zones in the Asia region
Asia/DubaiAsia/KolkataAsia/BangkokAsia/SingaporeAsia/Hong_KongAsia/Tokyo
Related tools
- See the current local time in Shanghai.
- Use the Shanghai vs London time difference calculator.
- Check how many hours of daylight Shanghai gets today.
- See the sunrise & sunset times in Shanghai.