KST to KST Pyongyang Converter
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9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Oct 24, 2026 = 8:30 pm20:30 KST (UTC+8:30), Oct 24, 2026
KST is 30 minutes ahead of KST.
KST and KST examples
These examples always use KST (UTC+9) and KST (UTC+8:30). 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 ahead of KST.
How the time difference changes
KST is 30 minutes ahead of KST Pyongyang year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in KST correspond to 8:30 am to 5:30 pm in KST Pyongyang.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in KST correspond to 08:30 to 17:30 in KST Pyongyang.
Compare KST time with KST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Korea Standard Time is 30 minutes ahead of Pyongyang Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in KST is 8:30 pm20:30 in KST
KST to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-6pm09:30-18:00 in KST which corresponds to 9am-5:30pm09:00-17:30 in KST
9:00 pm21:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours
9:00 pm21:00 KST / 8:30 pm20:30 KST
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Korea Standard Time
Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: North Korea, South Korea
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.
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 an offset of nine hours 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
Pyongyang Time
Offset: KST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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