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What time (eastern) does the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics start on friday?

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What time (eastern) does the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics start on friday?

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8:08 AM EDT (Friday, August 8, 2008) The Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing is scheduled for 8:08 PM 8/8/08 and Beijing’s time zone is 12 hours ahead of the Eastern time zone in the US. (In case you’re wondering about the start time/date, 8 is a lucky number in Chinese culture because it sounds similar to the word for “wealth” or “prosper”.