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What is AST in KST?

Korea Standard Time is 13 hours ahead

Atlantic Time is on UTC−4:00 and Korea Standard Time is on UTC+9:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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KST — Korea Standard Time

7:00 pm

KST, Fri

Time in Halifax
6:00:44 AM
Time in Seoul
7:00:44 PM
Difference
+13 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Atlantic Time and Korea Standard Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. Now – March 14, 2027Korea Standard Time is 13 hours ahead
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Korea Standard Time is 12 hours ahead
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsKorea Standard Time is 13 hours ahead

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Atlantic Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on ADT after that.

Korea Standard Time

No clock changes

Korea Standard Time stays on KST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AST to KST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 13, 2026, converted from Atlantic Time to Korea Standard Time. 13 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Seoul, which is marked.

12:00 am AST
1:00 pm KST
1:00 am AST
2:00 pm KST
2:00 am AST
3:00 pm KST
3:00 am AST
4:00 pm KST
4:00 am AST
5:00 pm KST
5:00 am AST
6:00 pm KST
6:00 am AST
7:00 pm KST
7:00 am AST
8:00 pm KST
8:00 am AST
9:00 pm KST
9:00 am AST
10:00 pm KST
10:00 am AST
11:00 pm KST
11:00 am AST
12:00 am KST+1 day
12:00 pm AST
1:00 am KST+1 day
1:00 pm AST
2:00 am KST+1 day
2:00 pm AST
3:00 am KST+1 day
3:00 pm AST
4:00 am KST+1 day
4:00 pm AST
5:00 am KST+1 day
5:00 pm AST
6:00 am KST+1 day
6:00 pm AST
7:00 am KST+1 day
7:00 pm AST
8:00 am KST+1 day
8:00 pm AST
9:00 am KST+1 day
9:00 pm AST
10:00 am KST+1 day
10:00 pm AST
11:00 am KST+1 day
11:00 pm AST
12:00 pm KST+1 day

Scheduling between the two

There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Halifax and one in Seoul — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Halifax is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Seoul.

A note on AST: it can also mean Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3). This page means Atlantic Time.

Atlantic Time (AST) is used in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Puerto Rico

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