Home › Entities › time_zone_named_for_a_utc_offset › UTC+08:00

UTC+08:00

identifier for a time offset from UTC of +8
AdministrativeArea time_zone_named_for_a_utc_offset Q6985
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

UTC+08:00 is a time zone named for an UTC offset[1]. UTC+08:00 draws 5,617 Wikipedia views per month (time zone named for an utc offset category, ranking #6 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • Continent: Asia[3], Insular Oceania[4]
  • Commons category: UTC+08:00[5]
  • Said to be the same as: Irkutsk Time[6], Macau Standard Time[7], China Standard Time[8], Taiwan time[9], Indonesia Central Standard Time[10], Australian Western Standard Time[11], Singapore Standard Time[12], Philippine Standard Time[13], Time in Malaysia[14], Hong Kong Time[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:UTC+08:00[16]
  • Replaces: Changpai Time Zone[17]
  • Exact match: http://codes.wmo.int/wmdr/Timezone/_8[18]
  • UTC timezone offset: 8 hour[19]

Why It Matters

UTC+08:00 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] UTC+08:00 is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Abaza Albany Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australia Baruun-Urt Beijing Belitung Island Broome Brunei Changchun Chengdu China Darkhan Erdenet George Town Hankou Hong Kong Hong Kong Island Irkutsk Kangar Kaohsiung Ketapang State Polytechnic Kuala Terengganu Kuantan Kulim Lantau Island Lanzhou Lhasa Lombok Island Luzon

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). UTC+08:00. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/utc-08-00
MLA “UTC+08:00.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 25 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/utc-08-00.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_utc-08-00_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{UTC+08:00}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/utc-08-00}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-25}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): UTC+08:00 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/utc-08-00 (retrieved 2026-10-25)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/utc-08-00 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:UTC+08:00
    Replaces → —
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → time zone named for a UTC offset
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ru, ast, nn, tt-cyrl, tt, cs, ms, es, et, sr-ec, sr, pl */ Cleanup: remove alias=label/mul; downgrade preferred ranks ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.