Korea Standard Time

Commonly abbreviated KST — shown here for reference only; this site always uses the IANA identifier Asia/Seoul as the source of truth.

01:04:56

Friday, October 16, 2026 · UTC+09:00

This zone does not observe daylight saving time.

Understand this time zone

How Time Zones Work (and Why They’re Not Always a Whole Hour Apart)Time zones roughly follow 15° slices of longitude, but political borders bend that pattern — including a few zones offset by 30 or 45 minutes.

Cities in this time zone

Seoul

Korea Standard Time compared with other time zones

Current local time in major time zones, alongside Korea Standard Time
Time zone	Time now	Difference
Coordinated Universal Time	16:04Yesterday	9 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time	17:04Yesterday	8 hours behind
Indochina Time	23:04Yesterday	2 hours behind
India Standard Time	21:34Yesterday	3h 30m behind
Japan Standard Time	01:04	Same time
Singapore Time	00:04	1 hour behind
China Standard Time	00:04	1 hour behind
Australian Eastern Time	03:04	2 hours ahead

Used in: South Korea.