KST to EST Converter - Savvy Time (2024)

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
2:30 am02:30 in KST is 1:30 pm13:30 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

2:30 am02:30 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
1:30 pm13:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

2:30 am02:30 KST / 1:30 pm13:30 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

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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

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

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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).

KST to EST Converter - Savvy Time (3)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.

KST to EST Converter - Savvy Time (4)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
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FAQs

How far ahead is KST from EST? ›

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

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.

Is Korea 12 hours ahead of EST? ›

Korea's time zone (GMT+9) is 9:00 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or London, England time. 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.

How many hours ahead is South Korea than the United States? ›

Eastern Standard Time: 14-Hour Difference

For Olympics watchers following Eastern Standard Time — that's the entire East Coast, including New York City, as well as Toronto — the time difference between South Korea and the U.S. means that PyeongChang, which follows Korea Standard Time, is 14 hours ahead.

Do Japan and Korea have the same time zone? ›

Japan Standard Time is equivalent to Korean Standard Time, Pyongyang Time (North Korea), Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, East-Timorese Standard Time, Palau Time, and Yakutsk Time (Russia).

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.

What country has the same time as Korea? ›

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.

Do clocks change in Korea? ›

South Korea currently observes Korea Standard Time (KST) all year. DST is no longer in use. Clocks do not change in South Korea. The previous DST change in South Korea was on October 9, 1988.

What time is it in EST timezone now? ›

02:44:55 A.M.

What time does Seoul use? ›

Time Zone. The Republic of Korea is on Korea Standard Time (UTC +9:00) and does not observe daylight savings.

How many hours ahead is Korea than New York? ›

Seoul is 13 hours ahead of New York.

How far ahead is Korea from East Coast? ›

Eastern Standard Time: 14-Hour Difference

For Olympics watchers following Eastern Standard Time — that's the entire East Coast, including New York City, as well as Toronto — the time difference between South Korea and the U.S. means that PyeongChang, which follows Korea Standard Time, is 14 hours ahead.

What time is 17:00 KST? ›

In New York the time will be 04:00.

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