Taipei

Taiwan • National Standard Time

Time Zone

Taipei uses National Standard Time (NST), currently running at UTC+8 (year-round). Taiwan abolished daylight saving time in 1975. NST (UTC+8) is fixed every day of the year.

Business & Commerce

Taipei, Taiwan's capital, operates on National Standard Time (UTC+8) year-round — Taiwan abolished daylight saving time in 1975, and the fixed UTC+8 offset has been unchanged since. Taipei shares its clock with Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and mainland China, though each jurisdiction administers its time independently. Taipei's outsized global economic importance relative to its size comes from Taiwan's dominance in semiconductor manufacturing: TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), headquartered in nearby Hsinchu, produces a substantial majority of the world's most advanced chips, and coordination with TSMC's production schedules, supply commitments, and earnings announcements is a daily matter for the global technology industry. The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) is one of Asia's significant mid-sized markets. At UTC+8, Taipei is eight hours ahead of London and thirteen ahead of New York in winter.