HKT to KST Pyongyang Converter
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8:00 pm20:00 HKT (UTC+8), Nov 3, 2026 = 8:30 pm20:30 KST (UTC+8:30), Nov 3, 2026
HKT is 30 minutes behind KST.
HKT and KST examples
These examples always use HKT (UTC+8) 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.
HKT is 30 minutes behind KST.
How the time difference changes
HKT is 30 minutes behind KST Pyongyang year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HKT correspond to 9:30 am to 6:30 pm in KST Pyongyang.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HKT correspond to 09:30 to 18:30 in KST Pyongyang.
Compare HKT time with KST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 30 minutes behind Pyongyang Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in HKT is 8:30 pm20:30 in KST
HKT to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5:30pm09:00-17:30 in HKT which corresponds to 9:30am-6pm09:30-18:00 in KST
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 HKT / 8:30 pm20:30 KST
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| HKT | KST |
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| 12:30am | |
| 1:30am | |
| 2:30am | |
| 3:30am | |
| 4:30am | |
| 5:30am | |
| 6:30am | |
| 7:30am | |
| 8:30am | |
| 9:30am | |
| 10:30am | |
| 11:30am | |
| 12:30pm | |
| 1:30pm | |
| 2:30pm | |
| 3:30pm | |
| 4:30pm | |
| 5:30pm | |
| 6:30pm | |
| 7:30pm | |
| 8:30pm | |
| 9:30pm | |
| 10:30pm | |
| 11:30pm | |
| 00:30 | |
| 01:30 | |
| 02:30 | |
| 03:30 | |
| 04:30 | |
| 05:30 | |
| 06:30 | |
| 07:30 | |
| 08:30 | |
| 09:30 | |
| 10:30 | |
| 11:30 | |
| 12:30 | |
| 13:30 | |
| 14:30 | |
| 15:30 | |
| 16:30 | |
| 17:30 | |
| 18:30 | |
| 19:30 | |
| 20:30 | |
| 21:30 | |
| 22:30 | |
| 23:30 |
Hong Kong Time
Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Hong Kong
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT time zone is Hong Kong in Hong Kong, with about 7.396 million people.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Hong Kong Time (HKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so HKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
HKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Hongkong
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian 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