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9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Oct 13, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 13, 2026

Seoul is 16 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Seoul is 16 hours ahead of PT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Seoul is 17 hours ahead of PT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Seoul correspond to 5:00 pm (previous day) to 1:00 am in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Seoul correspond to 4:00 pm (previous day) to 12:00 am in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Seoul correspond to 17:00 (previous day) to 01:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Seoul correspond to 16:00 (previous day) to 00:00 in PT.

Compare Seoul time with PT 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 16 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in Seoul, South Korea is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

Seoul to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in Seoul which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in PDT (previous day). Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

9:00 pm21:00 KST (Korea Standard Time) (Seoul, South Korea). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

9:00 pm21:00 Seoul, South Korea / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Seoul Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

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

Seoul Facts

Country
South Korea
Alternative Names
Hanyang, SEL, Seoel, Seol, Seoul, Seoul-si, Seuel, Seul, Seula, Seulas, Seulo, Seulum, Seúl, Seül, Siul, Soeul, Sol, Soul, Sye-ul, Syou-ouen, Szoeul, Szöul, Séoul, Sêûl, Söul, Sŏul, Wang-ching, Wo-jo, Wō-jō, ciyol, han-yang, saul, seoul, seoulsi, seoulteugbyeolsi, seuli, shou er, shou er te bie shi, si'ula, siyola, sol, sola, souru, souru te bie shi, sywl, Σεούλ, Сеул, Соул, Сөүл, Սեուլ, סאול, סיאול, סעאל, سئول, سيول, سیول, سێئول, سېئول, सियोल, सोल, সিউল, சியோல், ಸೌಲ್, സോൾ, โซล, སེ་ཨུལ།, ဆိုးလ်မြို့, სეული, ሶል, សេអ៊ូល, ソウル, ソウル特別市, 首尔, 首尔特别市, 서울, 서울시, 서울특별시, 한양
Population
10,349,312
Currency
Won (KRW)
Geographic Coordinates
37° 33' N Latitude / 126° 58' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+82

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 the United States and Canada. 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 part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.

Countries using this time zone: Canada, 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