Macau Standard Time (abbreviation: MST;

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: ''Hora Oficial de Macau''; ) is the time in

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. The time is

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all year round, and

daylight saving time Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (Daylight saving time in the United States, United States and Daylight saving time in Canada, Canada), or summer time (British Summer Time, United Kingdom, ...

has not been applied since 1980. The

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is the official

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of the Macau Standard Time. It is indicated as Asia/Macau in the

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. Macau Standard Time is currently in the same

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, also known as ''Beijing Standard Time'' or simply ''Beijing Time'' used in

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, and

Hong Kong Time Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT; ) is the time in Hong Kong, observed at UTC+08:00 all year round. The Hong Kong Observatory is the official timekeeper of the Hong Kong Time. It is indicated as Asia/Hong_Kong in the IANA time zone database ...

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Daylight saving time

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Daylight saving time

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