KST
Korea Standard Time
GMT +9
EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
Time Difference
Korea Standard Time is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time
12:00 pm12:00 in KST is 11:00 pm23:00 in EDT
KST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8pm-10pm in KST which corresponds to 6am-8am in EST
12:00 pm12:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 KST / 11:00 pm23:00 EDT
| KST | EDT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11am |
| 1am | 12pm (noon) |
| 2am | 1pm |
| 3am | 2pm |
| 4am | 3pm |
| 5am | 4pm |
| 6am | 5pm |
| 7am | 6pm |
| 8am | 7pm |
| 9am | 8pm |
| 10am | 9pm |
| 11am | 10pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 11pm |
| 1pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 2pm | 1am |
| 3pm | 2am |
| 4pm | 3am |
| 5pm | 4am |
| 6pm | 5am |
| 7pm | 6am |
| 8pm | 7am |
| 9pm | 8am |
| 10pm | 9am |
| 11pm | 10am |
| 0:00 | 11:00 |
| 1:00 | 12:00 |
| 2:00 | 13:00 |
| 3:00 | 14:00 |
| 4:00 | 15:00 |
| 5:00 | 16:00 |
| 6:00 | 17:00 |
| 7:00 | 18:00 |
| 8:00 | 19:00 |
| 9:00 | 20:00 |
| 10:00 | 21:00 |
| 11:00 | 22:00 |
| 12:00 | 23:00 |
| 13:00 | 0:00 |
| 14:00 | 1:00 |
| 15:00 | 2:00 |
| 16:00 | 3:00 |
| 17:00 | 4:00 |
| 18:00 | 5:00 |
| 19:00 | 6:00 |
| 20:00 | 7:00 |
| 21:00 | 8:00 |
| 22:00 | 9:00 |
| 23:00 | 10:00 |
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 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
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
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 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) 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.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) 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.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five 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
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
