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This converter keeps KST at UTC+8:30. Pyongyang uses GMT+9 (UTC+9) on this date. Choose Pyongyang, Hamhung, or Nampo for city-specific time.

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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 13, 2026 = 8:30 pm20:30 KST (UTC+8:30), Oct 13, 2026

PDT is 15 hours and 30 minutes behind KST.

PDT and KST examples

These examples always use PDT (UTC-7) and KST (UTC+8:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PDT is 15 hours and 30 minutes behind KST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 15 hours and 30 minutes behind KST Pyongyang. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 16 hours and 30 minutes behind KST Pyongyang.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 12:30 am (next day) to 8:30 am (next day) in KST Pyongyang. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 1:30 am (next day) to 9:30 am (next day) in KST Pyongyang.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 00:30 (next day) to 08:30 (next day) in KST Pyongyang. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 01:30 (next day) to 09:30 (next day) in KST Pyongyang.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 15 hours and 30 minutes behind Pyongyang Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 8:30 pm20:30 in KST

PDT to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in PDT which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in KST (next day). Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 8:30 pm20:30 KST

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Pacific Daylight Time

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

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

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

Map of the areas on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
PDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on PDT.

Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).

123456789101112Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PDT 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 PDT
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone

Pyongyang Time

Offset: KST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

KST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0830 - basic
  • +08:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0830 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
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