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

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4:00 am04:00 PT (UTC-8), Nov 9, 2026 = 8:30 pm20:30 KST (UTC+8:30), Nov 9, 2026

PT is 16 hours and 30 minutes behind KST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PT is 15 hours and 30 minutes behind KST Pyongyang. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, PT 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 PT 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 PT 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 PT 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 PT correspond to 01:30 (next day) to 10:30 (next day) in KST Pyongyang.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Time is 16 hours and 30 minutes behind Pyongyang Time.
4:00 am04:00 in PT is 8:30 pm20:30 in KST

PT to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-6pm16:30-18:00 in PT which corresponds to 9am-10:30am09:00-10:30 in KST (next day).

4:00 am04:00 Pacific Time (PT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours

4:00 am04:00 PT / 8:30 pm20:30 KST

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Pacific Time

Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in North America. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.

Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico. From November 1, 2026, most of British Columbia in Canada keeps UTC-7 all year instead.

Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT 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

PT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PT
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • 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

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