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Time Zone Difference--the standard time is BEIJING TIME

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China has only one time zone, the standard time is BEIJING TIME. China does follow the daylight saving time system from mid-April to mid-September. When it is 12 Noon in Beijing (standard time), the standard time in different cities of the world is as follows:
City Time City Time City Time
Accra 4:00AM Karachi 9:00AM Sao Paulo 12:00PM*
Addis Ababa 7:00AM Lima 11:00PM* Singapore 11:30AM
Algiers 5:00AM London 4:00AM Tehran 7:30AM
Amsterdam 5:00AM Manila 12:00PM Tokyo 1:00PM
Ankara 6:00AM Moscow 7:00AM Vancouver 8:00PM*
Baghdad 7:00AM Melbourne 2:00PM Vienna 5:00AM
Bangkok 11:00AM Montreal 11:00PM* Washington,D.C. 11:00PM*
Beijing 12:00PM New York 11:00PM* Zurich 5:00AM
Belgrade 5:00AM Nairobi 7:00AM    
Bombay 9:00AM Osaka 1:00PM    
Bucharest 6:00AM Paris 5:00AM    
Buenos Aires 0:00AM* Pyongyang 1:00PM    
Cairo 6:00AM Seoul 1:00PM    
Delhi 9:30AM Rangoon 10:30AM    
Frankfurt 5:00AM Rome 5:00AM    
Geneva 5:00AM San Francisco 8:00PM*    
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