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Asia/Taipei

Asia/Taipei is the IANA time zone for Taiwan.

UTC+08:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+8 CST

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+08:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+8 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Taiwan Standard Time
Abbreviation
CST
Long name
Taiwan Standard Time
Aliases
ROC (old ids that resolve to Asia/Taipei)

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Taipei' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Asia/Taipei')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Asia/Taipei';

Cities in Asia/Taipei

Also in this zone: New Taipei City, Banqiao, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Keelung, Fengshan, Neihu, Chiayi City, Yongkang, Chang-hua, Changhua, Zhubei, Bade, Xizhi.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1973: UTC+8
  • 1974–1975: UTC+8 and UTC+9 each year
  • 1976–1978: UTC+8
  • 1979: UTC+8 and UTC+9 during the year
  • 1980–2026: UTC+8

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