Current time in HKT
HKT is UTC+8, used across Hong Kong. The clock below runs at that offset rather than at any one city's local time, because an abbreviation names an offset: when the region switches for the summer, the city moves and HKT stays where it is.
6:17:44 PM
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
- Offset
- Etc/GMT-8
- UTC offset
- UTC+8
- 8 h ahead of your time
Hong Kong uses HKT all year: there is no summer switch to track.
Need to convert a specific date and time between zones? Use the timezone converter.
How it works
The offset comes from the IANA time zone database rather than a table we typed out, read through the Asia/Hong_Kong entry, so it follows the same data your operating system uses and cannot drift out of date on its own.
Frequently asked questions
Does HKT change with daylight saving?
No, and this region never switches at all. Hong Kong stays on HKT at UTC+8 through the whole year, so the arithmetic against your own clock only changes when your side moves.
Does HKT mean only one thing?
Here, yes: these letters map to one offset, UTC+8, used by Hong Kong. That is not true of every abbreviation, which is why the safe habit for scheduling is to write the offset or the IANA zone name alongside the letters.
How do I convert a meeting time into HKT?
Use the timezone converter linked above: pick the source zone and read the result. Doing it in your head is where mistakes come from, because you have to remember both sides' switch dates as well as the offsets, and the two hemispheres do not switch on the same weekends.