KST: Korea Standard Time
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KST: Korea Standard Time
KST stands for Korea Standard Time, used in South Korea. It runs UTC+9 all year, with no daylight saving change.
Current KST time
Local times come from your browser's IANA time zone data.
KST time compared with UTC
KST runs UTC+9 all year, with no daylight saving change. When it is 12:00 UTC the clock in KST reads 21:00.
| UTC | KST |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 09:00 |
| 03:00 | 12:00 |
| 06:00 | 15:00 |
| 09:00 | 18:00 |
| 12:00 | 21:00 |
| 15:00 | 00:00 next day |
| 18:00 | 03:00 next day |
| 21:00 | 06:00 next day |
When the clocks change in the KST zone
Clocks in the KST zone never change. It does not observe daylight saving time, so the offset shown above is the offset all year, every year. There is no spring-forward or fall-back date to remember and no hour to lose.
Cities that keep KST
These places run on KST: Korea Standard Time, the IANA zone behind KST. Each links to its own live clock.
Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju, Suwon, Ulsan, Goyang-si, Changwon, Seongnam-si, Cheongju-si.
Convert KST to another zone
KST to PSTKST to MSTKST to CSTKST to ESTKST to HSTKST to GMTKST to UTCKST to BST
Common questions about KST
What does KST stand for?
KST is Korea Standard Time, the civil time used in South Korea. On this site it resolves to the IANA time zone KST: Korea Standard Time, which is what your operating system and browser use to work out the actual offset on any given date.
What is KST in UTC?
KST is UTC+9, and it does not change. The table above converts every UTC hour.