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LHST
Lord Howe Standard Time
GMT +10:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
KST
Korea Standard Time
GMT +9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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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

LHSTKST
12am (midnight)10:30 pm
1am11:30 pm
2am12:30 am
3am1:30 am
4am2:30 am
5am3:30 am
6am4:30 am
7am5:30 am
8am6:30 am
9am7:30 am
10am8:30 am
11am9:30 am
12pm (noon)10:30 am
1pm11:30 am
2pm12:30 pm
3pm1:30 pm
4pm2:30 pm
5pm3:30 pm
6pm4:30 pm
7pm5:30 pm
8pm6:30 pm
9pm7:30 pm
10pm8:30 pm
11pm9:30 pm
00:0022:30
01:0023:30
02:0000:30
03:0001:30
04:0002:30
05:0003:30
06:0004:30
07:0005:30
08:0006:30
09:0007:30
10:0008:30
11:0009:30
12:0010:30
13:0011:30
14:0012:30
15:0013:30
16:0014:30
17:0015:30
18:0016:30
19:0017:30
20:0018:30
21:0019:30
22:0020:30
23:0021:30

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

LHST Time Zone Geo Map
LHST timezone map

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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +1030 - basic
  • +10:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Time zones with the GMT +10:30 offset:
  • 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 Time Zone Geo Map
KST timezone map

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