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SGT Time Now

The current time in SGT, Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8), with a live clock and the gap to other zones. Singapore has no daylight saving.

Singapore Standard Time (SGT)
UTC+8 · Singapore Standard Time
8:00 PM
Fri, Nov 6 · build snapshot
 
Daylight saving: this zone never observes DST.
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UTC offset
UTC+8
Singapore Standard Time, fixed for the abbreviation SGT
Daylight saving
Never
No clock changes in 2026 or 2027
Next clock change
None
No clock changes, ever
Noon SGT in IST
9:30 AM
IST is 2 hours 30 minutes behind SGT, as of Nov 6, 2026

SGT right now

SGT is Singapore Standard Time, eight hours ahead of UTC. The city-state uses a single time, with no daylight saving, and shares the offset with Hong Kong, Beijing, Perth, Manila and Kuala Lumpur.

Singapore’s clock was moved half an hour forward in 1982 to match Malaysia and make business easier in the region. Before that it ran on UTC+7:30, which is why you may see older documents quoting the gap differently.

When this page was last built (Friday, November 6, 2026, 12:00 UTC) it was 8:00 PM on Friday in Singapore Standard Time. The offset for SGT is UTC+8. The live clock above takes over as soon as the page loads and shows the exact current time.

Daylight saving. Singapore Standard Time never observes daylight saving time, so the offset stays UTC+8 every day of the year and no clock change is coming in 2026 or 2027.

Where SGT is used

SGT is used in Singapore and is the same as several regional zones.

  • Singapore
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Hong Kong
  • Beijing
  • Shanghai
  • Taipei
  • Manila
  • Perth
  • Macau
  • Bandar Seri Begawan
  • Makassar

Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines, Taiwan and most of China all use UTC+8, so SGT is the common clock of east Asia’s business centres. Indonesia’s central zone WITA is also UTC+8.

Singapore time for business and travel

Singapore is a regional hub for finance, shipping and technology. The Singapore Exchange opens at 9:00 AM SGT, which is 1:00 AM UTC, and its working day overlaps with Asian markets and the European morning. A call at 5 PM SGT is 9 AM in London in winter.

For India the gap is 2 hours 30 minutes: Singapore is ahead. A 10 AM SGT call is 7:30 AM in Delhi. This is among the easiest overlaps in Asia. For the US the gap is 13 hours from New York in winter and 12 in summer, so the working days do not overlap except in the US evening and Singapore morning.

Because the country does not change its clocks, SGT is dependable for recurring schedules. A weekly call at 9 AM SGT stays at 9 AM in Singapore all year, and only participants in countries with daylight saving see their local time move.

SGT compared with eight other zones

Figures are calculated for Nov 6, 2026 using UTC+8 for SGT. For example, 9:00 AM SGT = 6:30 AM IST. Zones that change their clocks will show a different gap after their next switch.

ZoneOffset on Nov 6, 2026DifferenceExample
IST (India)UTC+5:30IST is 2 hours 30 minutes behind SGT9:00 AM SGT = 6:30 AM IST
GMT (London)UTC+0GMT is 8 hours behind SGT9:00 AM SGT = 1:00 AM GMT
CET (Paris)UTC+1CET is 7 hours behind SGT9:00 AM SGT = 2:00 AM CET
UTCUTC+0UTC is 8 hours behind SGT9:00 AM SGT = 1:00 AM UTC
PST (Los Angeles)UTC−8PST is 16 hours behind SGT9:00 AM SGT = 5:00 PM PST previous day
CST (Chicago)UTC−6CST is 14 hours behind SGT9:00 AM SGT = 7:00 PM CST previous day
JST (Tokyo)UTC+9JST is 1 hour ahead of SGT9:00 AM SGT = 10:00 AM JST
AEDT (Sydney)UTC+11AEDT is 3 hours ahead of SGT9:00 AM SGT = 12:00 PM AEDT

“next day” and “previous day” mean the other zone is on a different calendar date from SGT at that moment.

SGT, SST and the other UTC+8 labels

SGT should not be confused with SST, Samoa Standard Time, UTC−11, which is 19 hours behind. The two abbreviations are a letter apart and have been mixed up in conference schedules.

Several other zones sit on UTC+8 but use different names: HKT in Hong Kong, CST in China, AWST in Perth, MYT in Malaysia and PHT in the Philippines. All five show the same wall-clock time as SGT, so any of them is interchangeable for conversion.

If your calendar shows “SGT” on a date, you can trust it to be UTC+8 without further checks. It has never had a summer variant in modern times.

SGT questions answered

What time is it in SGT right now?

The live clock shows UTC+8. Subtract eight hours from SGT to get UTC, so 5:00 PM SGT is 09:00 UTC.

Does Singapore have daylight saving?

No. Singapore stays on SGT all year, close to the equator where day length hardly changes.

How far is Singapore from India?

Singapore is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of India all year. 9 AM in Singapore is 6:30 AM in Delhi.

What is 9 AM SGT in New York?

8:00 PM the previous day in New York in winter, and 9:00 PM the previous day in summer.

Is SGT the same as HKT?

Yes. Both are UTC+8, so Singapore and Hong Kong always show the same time.