KST to CEST to EDT to PDT Time Converter

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KST
Korea Standard Time
UTC+9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CEST
Central European Summer Time
UTC+2
7h behind
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
EDT
Eastern Daylight Time
UTC−4
13h behind
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
PDT
Pacific Daylight Time
UTC−7
16h behind
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Oct 14, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 14, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 14, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 14, 2026

KST is 7 hours ahead of CEST. KST is 13 hours ahead of EDT. KST is 16 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

KST to CEST

For most of the year, KST is 7 hours ahead of CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, KST is 8 hours ahead of CET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST correspond to 2:00 am to 10:00 am in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST correspond to 1:00 am to 9:00 am in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in KST correspond to 02:00 to 10:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in KST correspond to 01:00 to 09:00 in CET.

KST to EDT

For most of the year, KST is 13 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, KST is 14 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST correspond to 8:00 pm (previous day) to 4:00 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST correspond to 7:00 pm (previous day) to 3:00 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in KST correspond to 20:00 (previous day) to 04:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in KST correspond to 19:00 (previous day) to 03:00 in EST.

KST to PDT

For most of the year, KST is 16 hours ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, KST is 17 hours ahead of PST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST correspond to 5:00 pm (previous day) to 1:00 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST correspond to 4:00 pm (previous day) to 12:00 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in KST correspond to 17:00 (previous day) to 01:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in KST correspond to 16:00 (previous day) to 00:00 in PST.

Compare KST time with CEST, EDT, and PDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Korea Standard Time is 7 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time. Korea Standard Time is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. Korea Standard Time is 16 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in KST is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST and is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT and is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

KST to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-5pm16:00-17:00 in KST which corresponds to 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in CEST
KST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in KST which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in EDT (previous day). Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
KST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in KST which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in PDT (previous day). Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

9:00 pm21:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

9:00 pm21:00 KST / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 8:00 am08:00 EDT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Hourly time comparison
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Korea Standard Time

Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Korea (North), Korea (South)

Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST time zone is Seoul in South Korea, with about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu.

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

Map of the areas on Korea Standard Time (KST)
KST all year

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

KST 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 KST
  • I - short form of 'India'
IANA/Olson: Reflects KST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Pyongyang
  • Asia/Seoul
  • ROK
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
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

Central European Summer Time

Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CEST time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Hamburg.

German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Map of the areas on Central European Summer Time (CEST)
CEST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CEST.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central European Time (CET).

123456789101112Start: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Ceuta
  • Arctic/Longyearbyen
  • Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
  • CET
  • Europe/Amsterdam
  • Europe/Andorra
  • Europe/Belgrade
  • Europe/Berlin
  • Europe/Bratislava
  • Europe/Brussels
  • Europe/Budapest
  • Europe/Busingen
  • Europe/Copenhagen
  • Europe/Gibraltar
  • Europe/Ljubljana
  • Europe/Luxembourg
  • Europe/Madrid
  • Europe/Malta
  • Europe/Monaco
  • Europe/Oslo
  • Europe/Paris
  • Europe/Podgorica
  • Europe/Prague
  • Europe/Rome
  • Europe/San_Marino
  • Europe/Sarajevo
  • Europe/Skopje
  • Europe/Stockholm
  • Europe/Tirane
  • Europe/Vaduz
  • Europe/Vatican
  • Europe/Vienna
  • Europe/Warsaw
  • Europe/Zagreb
  • Europe/Zurich
  • MET
  • Poland
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time

Eastern Daylight Time

Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est

Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
EDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on EDT.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).

123456789101112Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST5EDT
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

Map of the areas on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
PDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on PDT.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).

123456789101112Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -07 - basic short
  • -0700 - basic
  • -07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone
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