In which country is the Asia/Pyongyang timezone located?

The timezone Asia/Pyongyang is mainly used in North Korea .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is Asia/Pyongyang . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of Asia/Pyongyang to UTC?

The current time difference for Asia/Pyongyang is exactly UTC+09:00 .

Timezone

Asia/Pyongyang

UTC +09:00 KST DST off

09:11:56

Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 9:11:56 AM

Wk 41

Day 281/365

Unix 1791418316

Day progress

since 00:00 09:11:56 until 24:00 14:48:04

Current time in Asia/Pyongyang

The details for Asia/Pyongyang are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-10-08T09:11:56+0900
RFC 3339: 2026-10-08T09:11:56+09:00
RFC 2822: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:11:56 +0900
Ordinal Day of the Week: 4
Ordinal Day of the Year: 281
Ordinal Week Number: 41
ISO week date: 2026-W41-4
Quarter: 4
Epoch (milliseconds): 1791418316025

Timezone Details

Timezone: Asia/Pyongyang
Timezone Abbreviation: KST
ISO-3166-2: KP
Country Name: North Korea
Latitude: 39.01666
Longitude: 125.75
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation KST: Asia/Seoul and ROK

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-10-08T00:11:56+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +09:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+09:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 32400
Unixtime: 1791418316

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+09:00

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "iso_week_date": "2026-W41-4",
    "quarter": 4,
    "epoch_ms": 1791418316025,
    "has_dst": false,
    "is_dst": false,
    "dst_last": null,
    "dst_last_local": null,
    "dst_last_utc": null,
    "dst_next": null,
    "dst_next_local": null,
    "dst_next_utc": null,
    "dst_offset": 32400,
    "dst_from": null,
    "dst_until": null,
    "raw_offset": 32400,
    "timezone": "Asia\/Pyongyang",
    "unixtime": 1791418316,
    "utc_datetime": "2026-10-08T00:11:56+0000",
    "utc_offset": "+09:00",
    "display_utc_offset": "UTC+09:00",
    "rfc3339": "2026-10-08T09:11:56+09:00",
    "rfc2822": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:11:56 +0900",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'KST'
datetime: '2026-10-08T09:11:56+0900'
day_of_week: 4
day_of_year: 281
week_number: 41
iso_week_date: '2026-W41-4'
quarter: 4
epoch_ms: 1791418316025
has_dst: false
is_dst: false
dst_last: NULL
dst_last_local: NULL
dst_last_utc: NULL
dst_next: NULL
dst_next_local: NULL
dst_next_utc: NULL
dst_offset: 32400
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 32400
timezone: 'Asia/Pyongyang'
unixtime: 1791418316
utc_datetime: '2026-10-08T00:11:56+0000'
utc_offset: '+09:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+09:00'
rfc3339: '2026-10-08T09:11:56+09:00'
rfc2822: 'Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:11:56 +0900'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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