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This converter keeps CHOST at UTC+9. Choibalsan uses CHOT (UTC+8) on this date. Open the CHOT converter, or choose Baruun Urt for city-specific time.

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9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Oct 23, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 CHOST (UTC+9), Oct 23, 2026

Hamhŭng and CHOST have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

Hamhung and CHOST have the same time year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Hamhung correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CHOST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Hamhung correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in CHOST.

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

Time Difference

KST (Korea Standard Time) and Choibalsan Summer Time have the same local time.
9:00 pm21:00 in Hamhung, North Korea is 9:00 pm21:00 in CHOST

Hamhŭng to CHOST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in Hamhŭng which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in CHOST

9:00 pm21:00 KST (Korea Standard Time) (Hamhung, North Korea). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Choibalsan Summer Time (CHOST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

9:00 pm21:00 Hamhung, North Korea / 9:00 pm21:00 CHOST

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Hamhŭng Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
KST – Korea Standard Time, UTC+9 (no daylight saving time)

Hamhŭng Facts

Country
North Korea
Alternative Names
Hamheung, Hamhung, Hamhungas, Hamhungo, Hamhŭng, Hienhing, Kanko, Kankō, hamheung, hamheungsi, xian xing shi, 咸興市, 함흥, 함흥시
Population
559,056
Currency
Won (KPW)
Geographic Coordinates
39° 55' N Latitude / 127° 32' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+850

Choibalsan Summer Time

Offset: CHOST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

CHOST 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 CHOST
  • I - short form of 'India'
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