PST to KST Pyongyang Converter
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026 = 8:30 pm20:30 KST (UTC+8:30), Oct 18, 2026
PDT is 15 hours and 30 minutes behind KST.
PST (US winter time, UTC-8) and KST examples
These examples always use PST (UTC-8) 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.
PST is 16 hours and 30 minutes behind KST.
PST is US Pacific winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year Los Angeles uses PDT (UTC-7), one hour later. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to KST-PYONGYANG. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to KST-PYONGYANG.
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 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 12:30 am (next day) to 9:30 am (next day) in KST Pyongyang. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 1:30 am (next day) to 10:30 am (next day) in KST Pyongyang.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 00:30 (next day) to 09:30 (next day) in KST Pyongyang. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 01:30 (next day) to 10:30 (next day) in KST Pyongyang.
Compare PST 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 5:30pm-6pm17:30-18:00 in PDT which corresponds to 9am-9:30am09:00-09:30 in KST (next day)
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 Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST 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: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) 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.
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) 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.
PST 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 west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform 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
- +0830 - basic
- +08:30 - extended
- +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.
- Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
- Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30