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Mountain Time is on daylight saving time: MDT (UTC−6) until Sun, Nov 1.

Arizona stays on MST (UTC−7).

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6:00 am06:00 MDT (UTC-6), Oct 18, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Oct 18, 2026

MDT is 15 hours behind KST.

MST and KST examples

These examples always use MST (UTC-7) 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.

MST is 16 hours behind KST.

Most of Arizona stays on MST (UTC-7) all year. Places such as Denver use MDT (UTC-6) during daylight saving time, one hour later. For daylight-time examples, use MDT to KST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, MDT is 15 hours behind KST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, MST is 16 hours behind KST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MDT correspond to 12:00 am (next day) to 9:00 am (next day) in KST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MST correspond to 1:00 am (next day) to 10:00 am (next day) in KST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MDT correspond to 00:00 (next day) to 09:00 (next day) in KST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MST correspond to 01:00 (next day) to 10:00 (next day) in KST.

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

Time Difference

Mountain Daylight Time is 15 hours behind Korea Standard Time.
6:00 am06:00 in MDT is 9:00 pm21:00 in KST

MDT to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in MDT which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in KST (next day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

6:00 am06:00 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 MDT / 9:00 pm21:00 KST

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Mountain Standard Time

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

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

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MST time zone is Phoenix in the United States, with about 1.65 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Ciudad Juárez, Hermosillo, Culiacán, Denver.

French: HNR - Heure Normale des Rocheuses

Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico

Map of the areas on Mountain Standard Time (MST)
MST all year MST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−6 (MDT).

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

123456789101112End: Mountain Standard Time (MST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Mountain Standard Time (MST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MST 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 MST
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Boise
  • America/Cambridge_Bay
  • America/Ciudad_Juarez
  • America/Creston
  • America/Dawson
  • America/Dawson_Creek
  • America/Denver
  • America/Edmonton
  • America/Fort_Nelson
  • America/Hermosillo
  • America/Inuvik
  • America/Mazatlan
  • America/Phoenix
  • America/Shiprock
  • America/Whitehorse
  • America/Yellowknife
  • Canada/Mountain
  • Canada/Yukon
  • MST
  • MST7MDT
  • Mexico/BajaSur
  • Navajo
  • US/Arizona
  • US/Mountain
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone

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

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