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What is KST in PST?

Pacific Time is 17 hours behind

Korea Standard Time is on UTC+9:00 and Pacific Time is on UTC−8:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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PST — Pacific Time

12:00 am

PST, Sat

Time in Seoul
5:29:39 PM
Time in Los Angeles
12:29:39 AM
Difference
−17 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Korea Standard Time and Pacific 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, 2027Pacific Time is 17 hours behind
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Pacific Time is 16 hours behind
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsPacific Time is 17 hours behind

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

Korea Standard Time

No clock changes

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

Pacific Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

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

KST to PST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Korea Standard Time to Pacific Time. 17 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Los Angeles, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 11:00 am KST, which is 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Pacific Time (PST) is used in San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas and Vancouver

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