KST Pyongyang to CST Asia Converter
Quick answers
KST Pyongyang is 30 minutes ahead of CST Asia year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST Pyongyang correspond to 8:30 am to 4:30 pm in CST Asia.
Compare KST time with CST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pyongyang Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes ahead of China Standard Time
8:30 pm20:30 in KST is 8:00 pm20:00 in CST
KST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-5pm in KST which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm in CST
8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 KST / 8:00 pm20:00 CST
| KST | CST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11:30 pm |
| 1am | 12:30 am |
| 2am | 1:30 am |
| 3am | 2:30 am |
| 4am | 3:30 am |
| 5am | 4:30 am |
| 6am | 5:30 am |
| 7am | 6:30 am |
| 8am | 7:30 am |
| 9am | 8:30 am |
| 10am | 9:30 am |
| 11am | 10:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 11:30 am |
| 1pm | 12:30 pm |
| 2pm | 1:30 pm |
| 3pm | 2:30 pm |
| 4pm | 3:30 pm |
| 5pm | 4:30 pm |
| 6pm | 5:30 pm |
| 7pm | 6:30 pm |
| 8pm | 7:30 pm |
| 9pm | 8:30 pm |
| 10pm | 9:30 pm |
| 11pm | 10:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 23:30 |
| 01:00 | 00:30 |
| 02:00 | 01:30 |
| 03:00 | 02:30 |
| 04:00 | 03:30 |
| 05:00 | 04:30 |
| 06:00 | 05:30 |
| 07:00 | 06:30 |
| 08:00 | 07:30 |
| 09:00 | 08:30 |
| 10:00 | 09:30 |
| 11:00 | 10:30 |
| 12:00 | 11:30 |
| 13:00 | 12:30 |
| 14:00 | 13:30 |
| 15:00 | 14:30 |
| 16:00 | 15:30 |
| 17:00 | 16:30 |
| 18:00 | 17:30 |
| 19:00 | 18:30 |
| 20:00 | 19:30 |
| 21:00 | 20:30 |
| 22:00 | 21:30 |
| 23:00 | 22:30 |
Pyongyang Time
Offset: KST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
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
China Standard Time
Offset: CST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: China, Macau, Taiwan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Shanghai in China, with about 14.609 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Zhumadian, Taipei, Beijing, Nanchong.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in China Standard Time (CST) do not change for daylight saving time, so CST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

CST 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 CST
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Chongqing
- Asia/Chungking
- Asia/Harbin
- Asia/Macao
- Asia/Macau
- Asia/Shanghai
- Asia/Taipei
- PRC
- ROC
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- 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
