PST to KST Converter - Savvy Time (2024)

KST

Korea Standard Time

GMT +9

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 16 hours behind Korea Standard Time
7:00 am07:00 in PDT is 11:00 pm23:00 in KST

PST to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30am-6:30am in PST which corresponds to 9:30pm-11:30pm in KST

7:00 am07:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 PDT / 11:00 pm23:00 KST

PDT KST
12am (midnight) 4pm
1am 5pm
2am 6pm
3am 7pm
4am 8pm
5am 9pm
6am 10pm
7am 11pm
8am 12am (midnight)
9am 1am
10am 2am
11am 3am
12pm (noon) 4am
1pm 5am
2pm 6am
3pm 7am
4pm 8am
5pm 9am
6pm 10am
7pm 11am
8pm 12pm (noon)
9pm 1pm
10pm 2pm
11pm 3pm
0:00 16:00
1:00 17:00
2:00 18:00
3:00 19:00
4:00 20:00
5:00 21:00
6:00 22:00
7:00 23:00
8:00 0:00
9:00 1:00
10:00 2:00
11:00 3:00
12:00 4:00
13:00 5:00
14:00 6:00
15:00 7:00
16:00 8:00
17:00 9:00
18:00 10:00
19:00 11:00
20:00 12:00
21:00 13:00
22:00 14:00
23:00 15:00

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST to KST Converter - Savvy Time (1)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

PST to KST Converter - Savvy Time (2)End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

PST to KST Converter - Savvy Time (3)Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

PST 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 eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'

IANA/Olson: Reflects PST 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

PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Paraguay Summer Time - UTC -3

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

Korea Standard Time

Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: Korea (North), Korea (South)

Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST timezone is Seoul from South Korea with population about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in the area are Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu

Daylight Saving: Korea Standard Time (KST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore KST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Korea Standard Time remains the same

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KST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates nine hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • India - Military abbreviation for KST
  • I - short form of 'India'

IANA/Olson: Reflects KST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • Asia/Pyongyang
  • Asia/Seoul
  • ROK

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

Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:

  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time
PST to KST Converter - Savvy Time (2024)

FAQs

How many hours is KST from PST? ›

What is the difference between PST and KST time zones? The Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 16 hours behind of Korea Standard Time (KST).

How far ahead is Seoul from PST? ›

Getting Started
Pacific Standard Time (PST) to Seoul, South Korea ( in Seoul)
6 pm PSTis10 am in Seoul
7 pm PSTis11 am in Seoul
8 pm PSTis12 pm in Seoul
9 pm PSTis1 pm in Seoul
8 more rows

What time zone is KST in? ›

South Korea has one time zone, Korea Standard Time (GMT+9), which is abbreviated KST. South Korea currently does not observe daylight saving time.

How far is Japan time from PST? ›

What is the difference between JST and PST time zones? The Japan Standard Time (JST) is 16 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Is Korea 17 hours ahead of PST? ›

Korea Standard Time is 17 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time, and 9 hours ahead of UTC.

What time offset is KST? ›

Time zone offset of KST is UTC+09. Korea Standard Time is 9 hours ahead from the UTC universal time.

Is Korea 16 hours ahead of California? ›

California is 16 hours behind Seoul.

Is Korea 8 hours ahead? ›

This will be between 7AM - 11PM their time, since Seoul, South Korea is 8 hours ahead of London, United Kingdom.

Is Seoul a 24-hour city? ›

About Seoul

A 24-hour city, Seoul has an intense work-hard, play-hard culture. The booming metropolis fuses tradition and modernity.

What is the time in Korea, morning or night? ›

Current Local Time in Locations in South Korea with Links for More Information (19 Locations)
SeoulWed 1:32 am
SokchoWed 1:32 am
SuwonWed 1:32 am
UlsanWed 1:32 am
15 more rows

What countries use KST time? ›

Korean Standard Time (KST) is a time zone that is used in South Korea. It is 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00) and is the same as Japan Standard Time, Yakutsk Time, and Indonesian Eastern Standard Time.

Are Korea and Japan in the same time zone? ›

Korea uses the same UTC offset (+9) as neighboring Japan and is one hour ahead of Beijing, China. The regions that share the same time zone (UTC+9) with Korea, other than Japan, are Eastern Russia, Eastern Indonesia, and East Timor, which are at a similar longitude.

Does Japan have 2 time zones? ›

All of Japan is in the same time zone, from Hokkaido down to Okinawa in the south. Japan is in a time zone referred to as “Japan Standard Time”(JST), which is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Time.

Is Japan 12 hours ahead of the US? ›

United States: Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of the US UU.

Is Japan a day ahead of PST? ›

There is indeed a 17 hours difference between the American West Coast and Japan.

What country is 3 hours behind PST? ›

So, the time zone three hours behind California is UTC -11, which affects American Samoa (Pago Pago), Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Niue (Alofi), and Palmyra Atoll (to name a few).

How far ahead is South Korea time from California? ›

South Korea is 16 hours ahead of California (CA).

To schedule a conference call or plan a meeting at the best time for both parties, you should try between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM your time in California. That will end up being between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM in South Korea.

Where is 1 hour behind PST? ›

The first of these is Alaska Standard Time (AST or AKST). It is observed only in Alaska and is one hour behind PST. The other American time zone is Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST or HAST). It is observed in Hawaii and the westernmost Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

How far ahead is Korea Standard Time? ›

Korea Standard Time (KST) is 9 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is in use during standard time in: Asia.

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