KST to EST to Los Angeles, CA, USA
Time Difference
Korea Standard Time is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time and 16 hours ahead of PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
8:30 am08:30 in KST is 7:30 pm19:30 in EDT and is 4:30 pm16:30 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
KST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8pm-10pm in KST which corresponds to 6am-8am in EST
KST to Los Angeles call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9pm-11pm in KST which corresponds to 5am-7am in Los Angeles
8:30 am08:30 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
7:30 pm19:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 KST / 7:30 pm19:30 EDT / 4:30 pm16:30 Los Angeles, CA, USA
| KST | EDT | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11am | 8am |
| 1am | 12pm (noon) | 9am |
| 2am | 1pm | 10am |
| 3am | 2pm | 11am |
| 4am | 3pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 5am | 4pm | 1pm |
| 6am | 5pm | 2pm |
| 7am | 6pm | 3pm |
| 8am | 7pm | 4pm |
| 9am | 8pm | 5pm |
| 10am | 9pm | 6pm |
| 11am | 10pm | 7pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 11pm | 8pm |
| 1pm | 12am (midnight) | 9pm |
| 2pm | 1am | 10pm |
| 3pm | 2am | 11pm |
| 4pm | 3am | 12am (midnight) |
| 5pm | 4am | 1am |
| 6pm | 5am | 2am |
| 7pm | 6am | 3am |
| 8pm | 7am | 4am |
| 9pm | 8am | 5am |
| 10pm | 9am | 6am |
| 11pm | 10am | 7am |
| 0:00 | 11:00 | 8:00 |
| 1:00 | 12:00 | 9:00 |
| 2:00 | 13:00 | 10:00 |
| 3:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 |
| 4:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 |
| 5:00 | 16:00 | 13:00 |
| 6:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 |
| 7:00 | 18:00 | 15:00 |
| 8:00 | 19:00 | 16:00 |
| 9:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 |
| 10:00 | 21:00 | 18:00 |
| 11:00 | 22:00 | 19:00 |
| 12:00 | 23:00 | 20:00 |
| 13:00 | 0:00 | 21:00 |
| 14:00 | 1:00 | 22:00 |
| 15:00 | 2:00 | 23:00 |
| 16:00 | 3:00 | 0:00 |
| 17:00 | 4:00 | 1:00 |
| 18:00 | 5:00 | 2:00 |
| 19:00 | 6:00 | 3:00 |
| 20:00 | 7:00 | 4:00 |
| 21:00 | 8:00 | 5:00 |
| 22:00 | 9:00 | 6:00 |
| 23:00 | 10:00 | 7:00 |
Korea Standard Time
Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: Korea (North), Korea (South)
Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST timezone is Seoul from South Korea with population about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in the area are Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu
Daylight Saving: Korea Standard Time (KST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore KST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Korea Standard Time remains the same
KST representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates nine hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- India - Military abbreviation for KST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Pyongyang
- Asia/Seoul
- ROK
- Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
- Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30
- 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
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- 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/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Los Angeles Information
Time Zone
HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
-8:00 hours during Heure Normale du Pacifique.
Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually the on second Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually the on first Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.