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When Are the Olympics? Here Is the Schedule for Beijing.
The opening ceremony will be held on Friday. A few sports start early, but the bulk of the action begins on Saturday. Here’s when to watch what.
The 2022 Winter Olympics are ready to start in Beijing. The time difference between China and the United States may make it tricky to figure out what will happen when, but we’re here to help.
When do the Olympics start?
The opening ceremony is scheduled for Friday evening, at 8 p.m. Beijing time. That will be 7 a.m. Eastern time and 4 a.m. Pacific. Unlike in some previous years, NBC will telecast the ceremony live in the United States morning, and then repeat it in prime time.
A handful of preliminary events are being held through Friday. But the bulk of the athletic action starts on Saturday, Feb. 5.
What is the time difference?
Beijing is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. So when it is evening in China, it is morning in the United States and vice versa.
For a quick conversion, take Beijing time, subtract one, and flip the a.m. and p.m. to get Eastern time. So 8 p.m. in Beijing is 7 a.m. Eastern. And 11 a.m. in Beijing is 10 p.m. Eastern, the day before.
Many key events will be held in the evenings in Beijing, and therefore will be in the early morning hours for U.S. viewers.
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