EDT to KST Pyongyang Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026 = 8:30 pm20:30 KST (UTC+8:30), Oct 18, 2026
EDT is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind KST.
EDT and KST examples
These examples always use EDT (UTC-4) and KST (UTC+8:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EDT is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind KST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind KST Pyongyang. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 13 hours and 30 minutes behind KST Pyongyang.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 9:30 pm to 6:30 am (next day) in KST Pyongyang. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 10:30 pm to 7:30 am (next day) in KST Pyongyang.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 21:30 to 06:30 (next day) in KST Pyongyang. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 22:30 to 07:30 (next day) in KST Pyongyang.
Compare EDT time with KST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind Pyongyang Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 8:30 pm20:30 in KST
EDT to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in EDT which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in KST (next day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 8:30 pm20:30 KST
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Eastern Daylight Time
Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT 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: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est
Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today all shaded areas are on EDT.
Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- 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/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST5EDT
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
Pyongyang Time
Offset: KST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
KST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0830 - basic
- +08:30 - extended
- +0830 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
- Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30