Taiwan operates on National Standard Time (NST), which is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8). The entire island follows the same timezone and does not observe daylight saving time.
Major cities including Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Hsinchu all follow the same time. Taiwan shares its timezone with China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Taiwan is a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing, producing over 90% of the world's most advanced chips. The island has more 7-Eleven stores per capita than any other country. Taiwan observed daylight saving time from 1945-1961 and briefly in 1974-1975 during the oil crisis, but discontinued it permanently due to its limited benefits near the tropics.