A method for controlling a charging time of a display panel includes: during t0+kΔt in a (k+1)-th blanking time, writing a data voltage to a gate of a driving transistor, and detecting a voltage Vk_(j,i) of a second electrode of the driving transistor; during a t0+(k+r)Δt in a (k+1+r)-th blanking time, writing the data voltage to the gate of the driving transistor, and detecting a voltage Vk+1_(j,i) of the second electrode of the driving transistor; determining whether ΔVj,i=Vk+1_ji−Vk_ji is less than or equal to a target voltage difference VT; if ΔVj,i≤VT, taking the T=t0+kΔt as an expected charging time of a sub-pixel; if ΔVj,i>VT, cyclically performing the charging step described above to obtain ΔVj,i=Vk+p+1_(j,i)−Vk+p_(j,i), and comparing ΔVj,i with the target voltage difference VT, until ΔVj,i≤VT, taking t0+(k+p+r−1)Δt as the expected charging time of the sub-pixel. p is taken from 1, and increases by 1 for each cycle.