KST to EDT Converter - Savvy Time (2024)

Time Difference

Korea Standard Time is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time
12:30 pm12:30 in KST is 11:30 pm23:30 in EDT

KST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30pm-9:30pm in KST which corresponds to 6:30am-8:30am in EDT

12:30 pm12:30 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
11:30 pm23:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

12:30 pm12:30 KST / 11:30 pm23:30 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 Daylight Time

Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT 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: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est

Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

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Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).

KST to EDT Converter - Savvy Time (3)Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March

KST to EDT Converter - Savvy Time (4)End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November

EDT representations, usage and related time zones

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

  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended

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

  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates four 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

  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'

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

  • 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/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST5EDT
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan

Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:

  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
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FAQs

How many hours ahead is KST than EST? ›

The Korea Standard Time (KST) is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST).

What time is it in Korea at 6pm EST? ›

Getting Started
Eastern Standard Time (EST) to Seoul, South Korea ( in Seoul)
5 pm ESTis6 am in Seoul
6 pm ESTis7 am in Seoul
7 pm ESTis8 am in Seoul
8 pm ESTis9 am in Seoul
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What is the difference between EDT and KST? ›

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

What is KST standard time? ›

Time in South Korea
KSTUTC+09:00
Current time
08:47, 25 June 2024 KST [refresh]
Observance of DST
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Is Korea 12 hours ahead of EST? ›

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.

Does Korea do daylight savings? ›

Please note the there is no daylight savings in Korea.

Does South Korea have 2 time zones? ›

In South Korea there is only a single timezone at UTC+9. For example, New York is currently at UTC-4 in Eastern Time, so the time difference between New York and South Korea is 13 hours. South Korea has no time difference between summer and winter. A daylight saving time doesn't exist.

What time is bedtime in Korea? ›

Koreans go to bed after 11 p.m., and sleep for 7 hours and 59 minutes per night. They spent less than 40 minutes for each meal, and more than 2 hours for house chores every day. According to data released by Statistics Korea Monday, on average Koreans sleep 9 minutes longer than they did five years ago.

Do Koreans use 24-hour time? ›

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.

Why do people use EST instead of EDT? ›

One way to remember the difference between EST and EDT is to remember that the D in EDT stands for Daylight. The season with the most daylight is summer, when the sun rises early and sets late. Therefore, EDT is the time zone used in summer and spring, while EST is the time zone used in winter and autumn.

Is 1pm EDT the same as EST? ›

No. (US) EST is standard time (UTC-5), and EDT is daylight savings time, UTC-4 and thus one hour ahead.

Are we using EDT right now? ›

Currently observing EDT. Areas with same time currently (UTC -4). Currently observing EDT – Eastern Daylight Time.

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).

How is KST calculated? ›

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. Finally, the signal line is calculated by taking the 9-period SMA of the KST value.

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.

Is Korea 15 hours ahead? ›

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.

How far ahead is South Korea from New York? ›

Seoul is 13 hours ahead of New York.

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

Schedule a phone call from South Korea to United States

If you live in South Korea and you want to call a friend in United States, you can try calling them between 10:00 PM and 2:00 PM your time. This will be between 7AM - 11PM their time, since United States is 15 hours behind South Korea.

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