Convert China Standard Time to Mountain Daylight Time
Instantly convert China Standard Time (CST) to Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) with our free online calculator.
China Standard Time
01:20:56 PM
Wed, Jun 24 (CST)
Mountain Daylight Time
11:20:56 PM
Tue, Jun 23 (MDT)
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24-Hour Comparison
| CST | MDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 10:00 AM(-1d) |
| 1:00 AM | 11:00 AM(-1d) |
| 2:00 AM | 12:00 PM(-1d) |
| 3:00 AM | 1:00 PM(-1d) |
| 4:00 AM | 2:00 PM(-1d) |
| 5:00 AM | 3:00 PM(-1d) |
| 6:00 AM | 4:00 PM(-1d) |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM(-1d) |
| 8:00 AM | 6:00 PM(-1d) |
| 9:00 AM | 7:00 PM(-1d) |
| 10:00 AM | 8:00 PM(-1d) |
| 11:00 AM | 9:00 PM(-1d) |
| 12:00 PM | 10:00 PM(-1d) |
| 1:00 PM | 11:00 PM(-1d) |
| 2:00 PM | 12:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 1:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 2:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 3:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 4:00 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 10:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 11:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
How to Convert China Standard Time to Mountain Daylight Time
Formula
To convert China Standard Time (CST) to Mountain Daylight Time (MDT): Convert CST to MDT
About China Standard Time (CST)
China Standard Time (CST, IANA: Asia/Shanghai) is the unified civil time of the People's Republic of China, set at UTC+8:00 year-round (no DST). Despite China's vast east-west extent (~5,200 km from Xinjiang's western border at 73°E to Heilongjiang's eastern border at 135°E — 62° of longitude or ~4 hours of solar time), the entire country uses a single time zone since 1949 (consolidated from 5 separate zones used during the Republic of China era). This means Kashgar Xinjiang sees solar noon at approximately 14:00 CST in summer, while Shanghai sees solar noon at approximately 11:50 CST — a stark practical discrepancy. Hong Kong Time (HKT) and Macau Time (MOT) are identical at UTC+8 but use different IANA identifiers for historical reasons. CST serves approximately 1.42 billion people. CST is identical in offset to Singapore Time (SGT), Malaysia Time (MYT), Philippine Time (PHT), Australian Western Standard Time (AWST), Hong Kong Time (HKT). Major CST cities: Shanghai (24M), Beijing (21.5M), Chongqing (32M), Guangzhou (15M), Shenzhen (12.5M), Chengdu (16.3M), Tianjin (13.7M), Wuhan (11M), Xi'an (13M), Hangzhou (11.9M). Affects: SSE + SZSE stock exchanges, Beijing Central Government working hours.
About Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, IANA: America/Denver during DST window) is the summer-time variant of MST, set at UTC-6:00 — observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November per the Energy Policy Act of 2005. MDT shares the same UTC offset as Central Standard Time (CST), which can cause cross-time-zone scheduling confusion during the DST transition windows in March and November. The Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona does observe MDT (unlike the rest of Arizona), creating one of the rare US sub-state time-zone exceptions per the Navajo Nation Council's 1968 resolution. MDT applies in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho east, New Mexico, parts of Texas, and Canadian Rocky Mountain provinces (Alberta, eastern BC). Used in coordination of: Denver International Airport flight operations, ski-area lift hours during shoulder-season DST window, Yellowstone National Park ranger schedules, US National Renewable Energy Lab operations, and FAA Albuquerque ARTCC ATC operations.