KST Pyongyang to +08:00 Converter

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This converter keeps KST at UTC+8:30. Pyongyang uses KST (UTC+9) on this date. Choose Pyongyang, Hamhung, or Nampo for city-specific time.
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8:30 pm20:30 KST (UTC+8:30), Nov 9, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 +08:00 (UTC+8), Nov 9, 2026

KST is 30 minutes ahead of +08:00.

KST and +08:00 examples

These examples always use KST (UTC+8:30) and +08:00 (UTC+8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

KST is 30 minutes ahead of +08:00.

How the time difference changes

KST Pyongyang is 30 minutes ahead of +08:00 year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in KST Pyongyang correspond to 8:30 am to 5:30 pm in +08:00.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in KST Pyongyang correspond to 08:30 to 17:30 in +08:00.

Compare KST time with +08:00 time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Pyongyang Time is 30 minutes ahead of +08:00 GMT.
8:30 pm20:30 in KST is 8:00 pm20:00 in +08:00

KST to +08:00 call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-6pm09:30-18:00 in KST which corresponds to 9am-5:30pm09:00-17:30 in +08:00.

8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 +08:00 GMT (+08:00). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

8:30 pm20:30 KST / 8:00 pm20:00 +08:00

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Pyongyang Time

Offset: KST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

KST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0830 - basic
  • +08:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
KST Abbreviation: Several time zones share KST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
  • Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30

+08:00 GMT

Offset: +08:00 is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the +08:00 time zone is Shanghai in China, with about 24.875 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in +08:00 GMT (+08:00) do not change for daylight saving time, so +08:00 stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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+08:00 representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for +08:00
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • 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