Los Angeles to EST to KST Time Converter
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4:00 am04:00 PST (UTC-8), Nov 7, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 7, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Nov 7, 2026
Los Angeles is 3 hours behind EST. Los Angeles is 17 hours behind KST.
How the time difference changes
Los Angeles to EST
For most of the year, Los Angeles is 3 hours behind EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, Los Angeles is 3 hours behind EST. Briefly around clock changes, Los Angeles is 2 hours behind EST or Los Angeles is 4 hours behind EDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 to 21:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 to 21:00 in EST.
Los Angeles to KST
For most of the year, Los Angeles is 16 hours behind KST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, Los Angeles is 17 hours behind KST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Los Angeles correspond to 1:00 am (next day) to 10:00 am (next day) in KST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Los Angeles correspond to 2:00 am (next day) to 11:00 am (next day) in KST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Los Angeles correspond to 01:00 (next day) to 10:00 (next day) in KST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Los Angeles correspond to 02:00 (next day) to 11:00 (next day) in KST.
Compare Los Angeles time with EST and KST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
PST (Pacific Standard Time) is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. PST (Pacific Standard Time) is 17 hours behind Korea Standard Time.
4:00 am04:00 in Los Angeles, CA, USA is 7:00 am07:00 in EST and is 9:00 pm21:00 in KST
Los Angeles to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in Los Angeles which corresponds to 12pm-6pm12:00-18:00 in EST
Los Angeles to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in Los Angeles which corresponds to 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in KST (next day)
4:00 am04:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Los Angeles, CA, USA / 7:00 am07:00 EST / 9:00 pm21:00 KST
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| Los Angeles, CA, USA | EST | KST |
|---|---|---|
| 3:00am | 5:00pm | |
| 4:00am | 6:00pm | |
| 5:00am | 7:00pm | |
| 6:00am | 8:00pm | |
| 7:00am | 9:00pm | |
| 8:00am | 10:00pm | |
| 9:00am | 11:00pm | |
| 10:00am | 12:00am next day | |
| 11:00am | 1:00am next day | |
| 12:00pm | 2:00am next day | |
| 1:00pm | 3:00am next day | |
| 2:00pm | 4:00am next day | |
| 3:00pm | 5:00am next day | |
| 4:00pm | 6:00am next day | |
| 5:00pm | 7:00am next day | |
| 6:00pm | 8:00am next day | |
| 7:00pm | 9:00am next day | |
| 8:00pm | 10:00am next day | |
| 9:00pm | 11:00am next day | |
| 10:00pm | 12:00pm next day | |
| 11:00pm | 1:00pm next day | |
| 12:00am next day | 2:00pm next day | |
| 1:00am next day | 3:00pm next day | |
| 2:00am next day | 4:00pm next day | |
| 03:00 | 17:00 | |
| 04:00 | 18:00 | |
| 05:00 | 19:00 | |
| 06:00 | 20:00 | |
| 07:00 | 21:00 | |
| 08:00 | 22:00 | |
| 09:00 | 23:00 | |
| 10:00 | 00:00 next day | |
| 11:00 | 01:00 next day | |
| 12:00 | 02:00 next day | |
| 13:00 | 03:00 next day | |
| 14:00 | 04:00 next day | |
| 15:00 | 05:00 next day | |
| 16:00 | 06:00 next day | |
| 17:00 | 07:00 next day | |
| 18:00 | 08:00 next day | |
| 19:00 | 09:00 next day | |
| 20:00 | 10:00 next day | |
| 21:00 | 11:00 next day | |
| 22:00 | 12:00 next day | |
| 23:00 | 13:00 next day | |
| 00:00 next day | 14:00 next day | |
| 01:00 next day | 15:00 next day | |
| 02:00 next day | 16:00 next day |
Los Angeles Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
PDT – Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7 (daylight saving time)
Los Angeles Facts
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Korea Standard Time
Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: North Korea, South Korea
Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST time zone is Seoul in South Korea, with about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Korea Standard Time (KST) do not change for daylight saving time, so KST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
KST representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- India - Military abbreviation for KST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Pyongyang
- Asia/Seoul
- ROK
- Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
- Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30
- AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
- CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
- I - India Time Zone
- IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
- JST - Japan Standard Time
- KST - Korea Standard Time
- PWT - Palau Time
- TLT - East Timor Time
- ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
- WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
- YAKT - Yakutsk Time
