LHST to KST Converter
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The selected date and time will appear here when the converter loads.
LHST and KST examples
These examples always use LHST (UTC+10:30) and KST (UTC+9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
LHST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of KST.
How the time difference changes
Depending on seasonal clock changes, LHST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of KST or LHDT is 2 hours ahead of KST.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in LHST correspond to 7:30 am to 3:30 pm in KST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in LHDT correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in KST.
Compare LHST time with KST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Lord Howe Standard Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Korea Standard Time
2:00 am02:00 in LHST is 12:30 am00:30 in KST
LHST to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-5pm in LHST which corresponds to 9am-3:30pm in KST
2:00 am02:00 Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST). Offset UTC +10:30 hours
12:30 am00:30 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
2:00 am02:00 LHST / 12:30 am00:30 KST
| LHST | KST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 10:30 pm |
| 1am | 11:30 pm |
| 2am | 12:30 am |
| 3am | 1:30 am |
| 4am | 2:30 am |
| 5am | 3:30 am |
| 6am | 4:30 am |
| 7am | 5:30 am |
| 8am | 6:30 am |
| 9am | 7:30 am |
| 10am | 8:30 am |
| 11am | 9:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 10:30 am |
| 1pm | 11:30 am |
| 2pm | 12:30 pm |
| 3pm | 1:30 pm |
| 4pm | 2:30 pm |
| 5pm | 3:30 pm |
| 6pm | 4:30 pm |
| 7pm | 5:30 pm |
| 8pm | 6:30 pm |
| 9pm | 7:30 pm |
| 10pm | 8:30 pm |
| 11pm | 9:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 22:30 |
| 01:00 | 23:30 |
| 02:00 | 00:30 |
| 03:00 | 01:30 |
| 04:00 | 02:30 |
| 05:00 | 03:30 |
| 06:00 | 04:30 |
| 07:00 | 05:30 |
| 08:00 | 06:30 |
| 09:00 | 07:30 |
| 10:00 | 08:30 |
| 11:00 | 09:30 |
| 12:00 | 10:30 |
| 13:00 | 11:30 |
| 14:00 | 12:30 |
| 15:00 | 13:30 |
| 16:00 | 14:30 |
| 17:00 | 15:30 |
| 18:00 | 16:30 |
| 19:00 | 17:30 |
| 20:00 | 18:30 |
| 21:00 | 19:30 |
| 22:00 | 20:30 |
| 23:00 | 21:30 |
Lord Howe Standard Time
Offset: LHST is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia
Countries using this time zone: Australia

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT).
Start: Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 1:30 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.
End: Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) ends on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 2:30 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.
LHST representations, usage and related time zones
- +1030 - basic
- +10:30 - extended
- +1030 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- ACDT - Australian Central Daylight Time
- LHST - Lord Howe Standard Time
Korea Standard Time
Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
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.

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
