PST to KST Converter - Savvy Time (2024)

PDT/PST

Pacific Daylight Time

GMT -7

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

KST

Korea Standard Time

GMT +9

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 16 hours behind Korea Standard Time
12:00 pm12:00 in PDT is 4:00 am04:00 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

12:00 pm12:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 PDT / 4:00 am04:00 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
  • Peru Standard Time - UTC -5
  • Pakistan Standard Time - UTC +5:30

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

PST to KST Converter - Savvy Time (4)

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).

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.

What is KST in PT? ›

The Korea Standard Time (KST) is 16 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Is California Pacific time? ›

California Is in the Pacific Time Zone

California uses Pacific Standard Time (PST) during standard time and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) during Daylight Saving Time (DST). California shares its time zone and DST schedule with bordering states Oregon and Nevada.

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 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).

What does 9pm KST mean? ›

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

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.

How many hours is KST from EST? ›

What is the difference between KST and EST time zones? The Korea Standard Time (KST) is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST).

How do you calculate KST value? ›

The KST is calculated by taking the simple moving average (SMA) of four different rate-of-change (ROC) periods, adding them together to come up with the KST, and creating a signal line by taking the 9-period SMA of the KST.

What are PST hours? ›

Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time (EST). To convert PST to EST, you have to add three hours. Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 2 hours behind Central Standard Time (CST).

What is PT in standard time? ›

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−08:00). During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07:00 is used.

Which states are PST? ›

There are about four states in the Pacific time zone. Those states are California, the western counties of Idaho, Nevada, Oregon except most of Malheur County, and Washington.

Are we PST or PDT? ›

California typically follows the Pacific Time (PT) zone. However, it observes Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) during daylight saving time, which usually starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.

How do you figure out what time zone you're in? ›

Choosing Time Zone

Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is similar to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) but, unlike the latter, does not adjust to account for Daylight Savings Time. You can figure out which time zone you're in by searching Time Zone Map or Time Zone [CITY] UTC.

What country is 16 hours ahead of PST? ›

Time Differences from Los Angeles to World Cities
Abidjan+7 hours
Chita+16 hours
Chișinău *+10 hours
Chongqing+15 hours
Colombo+12:30 hours
236 more rows

How far ahead is Japan 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).

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

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.

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