BJT

E184520

BJT is an abbreviation for Beijing Time, the standard time used throughout mainland China.

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Label Occurrences
BJT canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf time standard
time standard
time zone abbreviation
alsoUsedIn Hong Kong (de facto, as UTC+8)
linked to: Hong Kong Time

Macau (de facto, as UTC+8)
linked to: Macau
appliesTo all provinces of mainland China
autonomous regions of mainland China
municipalities of mainland China
basedOnMeridian 120th meridian east
capitalReferenceCity Beijing
category Time in China
country China
coversMultipleGeographicalTimeZones yes
equivalentTo BJT
CST (China Standard Time)
linked to: China Standard Time

China Standard Time
UTC+8
follows Coordinated Universal Time
governingBody State Council of the People's Republic of China
introducedAsSingleTimeZone 20th century
language Chinese
languageContext English abbreviation
localName 北京时间
notation 24-hour clock commonly used
observesDaylightSavingTime no
offsetInHours 8
offsetInSeconds 28800
regionCode CN
standardizedBy Chinese government
standsFor Beijing Time
linked to: China Standard Time
timeOffsetFromUTC +08:00
timeRelationToGMT 8 hours ahead of GMT
timeRelationToUTC 8 hours ahead of UTC
usedFor broadcasting schedules in mainland China
civil timekeeping in mainland China
financial markets in mainland China
official government time in mainland China
transportation schedules in mainland China
usedIn People's Republic of China
linked to: China

mainland China
linked to: China

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CST (China Standard Time) alsoKnownAs BJT
subject linked to: CST