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KST

Korea Standard Time

GMT +9

CT/CDT

Central Time

GMT -5

PDT/PST

Pacific Daylight Time

GMT -7

PST automatically adjusted to PDT time zone, that is in use

CDT/CST

Central Daylight Time

GMT -5

CST automatically adjusted to CDT time zone, that is in use

Time Difference

Korea Standard Time is 0 hours ahead of KST (Korea Standard Time) and 14 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time and 16 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time and 14 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time
10:00 pm22:00 in KST is 10:00 pm22:00 in Seoul, South Korea and is 8:00 am08:00 in CDT and is 6:00 am06:00 in PDT and is 8:00 am08:00 in CDT

KST to Seoul call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-6pm in KST which corresponds to 8am-6pm in Seoul
KST to CT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30pm-10:30pm in KST which corresponds to 5:30am-7:30am in CT
KST to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30pm-11:30pm in KST which corresponds to 4:30am-6:30am in PST
KST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30pm-10:30pm in KST which corresponds to 5:30am-7:30am in CST

10:00 pm22:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
10:00 pm22:00 KST (Korea Standard Time) (Seoul, South Korea). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

10:00 pm22:00 KST / 10:00 pm22:00 Seoul, South Korea / 8:00 am08:00 CDT / 6:00 am06:00 PDT / 8:00 am08:00 CDT

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

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

KST to Seoul, South Korea to CT to PST to CST (2)

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

Seoul Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name

KST - Korea Standard Time

UTC / GMT Offset

+9:00 hours during Korea Standard Time, currently in use.

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

Central Time

Central Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.

Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

Central Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.

Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

CT representations, usage and related time zones

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

  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended

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

  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six 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

  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'

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

  • Central Time - UTC -6
  • Chuuk Time - UTC +10

Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:

  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone

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

KST to Seoul, South Korea to CT to PST to CST (3)

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).

KST to Seoul, South Korea to CT to PST to CST (4)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.

KST to Seoul, South Korea to CT to PST to CST (5)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
  • Peru Standard Time - UTC -5

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

Central Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

KST to Seoul, South Korea to CT to PST to CST (6)

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 Central Daylight Time (CDT).

KST to Seoul, South Korea to CT to PST to CST (7)End: Central Standard Time (CST) 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.

KST to Seoul, South Korea to CT to PST to CST (8)Start: Central Standard Time (CST) 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.

CST representations, usage and related time zones

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

  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended

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

  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six 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

  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'

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

  • America/Bahia_Banderas
  • America/Belize
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Chihuahua
  • America/Costa_Rica
  • America/El_Salvador
  • America/Guatemala
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Managua
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/Merida
  • America/Mexico_City
  • America/Monterrey
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Regina
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Swift_Current
  • America/Tegucigalpa
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • Canada/Saskatchewan
  • Mexico/General
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke

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

  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
  • Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5

Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:

  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone

EST to IST GMT to EST PST to EST EST to GMT PST to GMT

KST to Seoul, South Korea to CT to PST to CST (2024)

FAQs

Is Korea 14 hours ahead of CST? ›

What is the difference between KST and CST time zones? The Korea Standard Time (KST) is 14 hours ahead of Central Standard Time (CST).

Is Korea 17 hours ahead of PST? ›

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

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
Seoul, South Korea ( in Seoul) to Pacific Standard Time (PST)
12 pm in Seoulis8 pm PST
1 pm in Seoulis9 pm PST
2 pm in Seoulis10 pm PST
3 pm in Seoulis11 pm PST
8 more rows

Does South Korea have 2 time zones? ›

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

Is Korea 13 hours ahead of us? ›

Korea is 14 and 13 hours ahead of the US's Eastern Standard Time (EST) and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), respectively. Unlike the US, Korea does not follow daylight savings time.

Is Korea 16 hours ahead of California? ›

California is 16 hours behind Seoul.

What country is 14 hours ahead of PST? ›

Kiribati – pronounced Kiribas – is the only nation on Earth to permanently trespass into GMT+14: the earliest time zone in the world. You can think of Kiribati as the eternal land of tomorrow: if it's Sunday where you are, it's probably Monday in Kiribati.

What time is it in Korea just now? ›

Current Local Time in Locations in South Korea with Links for More Information (19 Locations)
SeoulSun 3:21 am
SokchoSun 3:21 am
SuwonSun 3:21 am
UlsanSun 3:21 am
15 more rows

What is KST time in usa? ›

KST to EST Chart
KST TimeEST Time
08:00 am KST07:00 pm EST
09:00 am KST08:00 pm EST
10:00 am KST09:00 pm EST
11:00 am KST10:00 pm EST
20 more rows

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.

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).

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.

Does South Korea use 12 or 24-hour clock? ›

Both the 12-hour and 24-hour notations are widely used in South Korea. 12-hour clock is predominantly used in informal daily life, and the ante/post-meridiem indicator is often omitted where doing so does not introduce ambiguity.

How far ahead is Seoul in time? ›

Time zone info for Seoul

The time in Seoul is 14 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 13 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time. Seoul has not had daylight saving time since 1988.

What time would it be in Korea right now? ›

Current Local Time in Locations in South Korea with Links for More Information (19 Locations)
SeoulSun 3:21 am
SokchoSun 3:21 am
SuwonSun 3:21 am
UlsanSun 3:21 am
15 more rows

Is Korea 15 hours ahead? ›

Schedule a phone call from United States to South Korea

This will be between 7AM - 11PM their time, since South Korea is 15 hours ahead of United States. If you're available any time, but you want to reach someone in South Korea at work, you may want to try between 6:00 PM and 2:00 AM your time.

What countries are 13 hours ahead of CST? ›

Polynesia
  • New Zealand. Tokelau – Time in Tokelau.
  • Samoa – Time in Samoa.
  • Tonga.

Does Korea use 12 or 24 hour clock? ›

Both the 12-hour and 24-hour notations are widely used in South Korea. 12-hour clock is predominantly used in informal daily life, and the ante/post-meridiem indicator is often omitted where doing so does not introduce ambiguity.

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