Hong Kong
Time now in Eastern
Sunrise 06:02Sunset 06:50Time zone UTC +8
Time zone
Asia/Hong_Kong
UTC offset
UTC +8
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
587,690
Sunrise
06:02
Sunset
06:50
Day length
12h 48m
Coordinates
22.28, 114.23
Time difference from Eastern
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Eastern right now.
Eastern on the map
About the time in Eastern
Eastern sits at latitude 22.28, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 48m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Eastern runs on Asia/Hong_Kong, which puts the city UTC +8 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
The zone identifier Asia/Hong_Kong is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Asia/Hong_Kong keeps pointing at Hong Kong time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in Eastern
- Which time zone is Eastern in?
- Eastern uses Asia/Hong_Kong, currently UTC +8.
- What are normal business hours in Eastern in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Eastern runs from 01:00–09:00 UTC today.
- When do the sun rise and set in Eastern today?
- Sunrise is at 06:02 and sunset at 06:50, giving 12h 48m of daylight.
- What time is it in Eastern right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Eastern, updating every second from Asia/Hong_Kong (UTC +8).
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