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KST
Pyongyang Time
GMT +8:30
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KST is not used on this date
This converter keeps KST at GMT +8:30. Pyongyang uses GMT+9 (GMT +9) on this date. Choose Pyongyang, Hamhung, or Nampo for city-specific time.
CST
China Standard Time
GMT +8
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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

KSTCST
12am (midnight)11:30 pm
1am12:30 am
2am1:30 am
3am2:30 am
4am3:30 am
5am4:30 am
6am5:30 am
7am6:30 am
8am7:30 am
9am8:30 am
10am9:30 am
11am10:30 am
12pm (noon)11:30 am
1pm12:30 pm
2pm1:30 pm
3pm2:30 pm
4pm3:30 pm
5pm4:30 pm
6pm5:30 pm
7pm6:30 pm
8pm7:30 pm
9pm8:30 pm
10pm9:30 pm
11pm10:30 pm
00:0023:30
01:0000:30
02:0001:30
03:0002:30
04:0003:30
05:0004:30
06:0005:30
07:0006:30
08:0007:30
09:0008:30
10:0009:30
11:0010:30
12:0011:30
13:0012:30
14:0013:30
15:0014:30
16:0015:30
17:0016:30
18:0017:30
19:0018:30
20:0019:30
21:0020:30
22:0021:30
23:0022:30

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

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

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 Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

CST 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 CST
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Chongqing
  • Asia/Chungking
  • Asia/Harbin
  • Asia/Macao
  • Asia/Macau
  • Asia/Shanghai
  • Asia/Taipei
  • PRC
  • ROC
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
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