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8:30 pm20:30 KST (UTC+8:30), Nov 1, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 +09:00 (UTC+9), Nov 1, 2026

KST is 30 minutes behind +09:00.

KST and +09:00 examples

These examples always use KST (UTC+8:30) and +09:00 (UTC+9). 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 behind +09:00.

How the time difference changes

KST Pyongyang is 30 minutes behind +09:00 year-round.

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

Compare KST time with +09:00 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 behind +09:00 GMT.
8:30 pm20:30 in KST is 9:00 pm21:00 in +09:00

KST to +09:00 call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5:30pm09:00-17:30 in KST which corresponds to 9:30am-6pm09:30-18:00 in +09:00

8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours
9:00 pm21:00 +09:00 GMT (+09:00). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

8:30 pm20:30 KST / 9:00 pm21:00 +09:00

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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

+09:00 GMT

Offset: +09:00 is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Palau, Russia, South Korea, Timor-Leste

Principal Cities: The largest city in the +09:00 time zone is Seoul in South Korea, with about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tokyo, Yokohama, Busan, Pyongyang.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in +09:00 GMT (+09:00) do not change for daylight saving time, so +09:00 stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

+09:00 representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for +09:00
  • I - short form of 'India'
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • 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