Kaesong to CST Asia Time Converter
Quick answers
Selected conversion
9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Oct 7, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 CST (UTC+8), Oct 7, 2026
Kaesŏng is 1 hour ahead of CST.
How the time difference changes
Kaesong is 1 hour ahead of CST Asia year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Kaesong correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in CST Asia.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Kaesong correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in CST Asia.
Compare Kaesong time with CST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
KST (Korea Standard Time) is 1 hour ahead of China Standard Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in Kaesong, North Korea is 8:00 pm20:00 in CST
Kaesŏng to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in Kaesŏng which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in CST
9:00 pm21:00 KST (Korea Standard Time) (Kaesong, North Korea). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 China Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Kaesong, North Korea / 8:00 pm20:00 CST
| Kaesong, North Korea | CST |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 11:00pm |
| 1:00am | 12:00am |
| 2:00am | 1:00am |
| 3:00am | 2:00am |
| 4:00am | 3:00am |
| 5:00am | 4:00am |
| 6:00am | 5:00am |
| 7:00am | 6:00am |
| 8:00am | 7:00am |
| 9:00am | 8:00am |
| 10:00am | 9:00am |
| 11:00am | 10:00am |
| 12:00pm | 11:00am |
| 1:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 00:00 | 23:00 |
| 01:00 | 00:00 |
| 02:00 | 01:00 |
| 03:00 | 02:00 |
| 04:00 | 03:00 |
| 05:00 | 04:00 |
| 06:00 | 05:00 |
| 07:00 | 06:00 |
| 08:00 | 07:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 |
| 10:00 | 09:00 |
| 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 16:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 19:00 | 18:00 |
| 20:00 | 19:00 |
| 21:00 | 20:00 |
| 22:00 | 21:00 |
| 23:00 | 22:00 |
Kaesŏng Information
Time Zone
Kaesŏng Facts
China Standard Time
Offset: CST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: China, Macau, Taiwan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Shanghai in China, with about 24.875 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Beijing, Chengdu, Taipei, Chongqing.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in China Standard Time (CST) do not change for daylight saving time, so CST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for CST
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Chongqing
- Asia/Chungking
- Asia/Harbin
- Asia/Macao
- Asia/Macau
- Asia/Shanghai
- Asia/Taipei
- PRC
- ROC
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time