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IRKT
Irkutsk Time
GMT +8
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KST
Pyongyang Time
GMT +8:30
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This converter keeps KST at GMT +8:30. Pyongyang uses GMT+9 (GMT +9) on this date. Choose Pyongyang, Hamhung, or Nampo for city-specific time.

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IRKT and KST examples

These examples always use IRKT (UTC+8) and KST (UTC+8:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IRKT is 30 minutes behind KST.

How the time difference changes

IRKT is 30 minutes behind KST Pyongyang year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IRKT correspond to 9:30 am to 5:30 pm in KST Pyongyang.

Compare IRKT time with KST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Irkutsk Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes behind Pyongyang Time
8:00 pm20:00 in IRKT is 8:30 pm20:30 in KST

IRKT to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm in IRKT which corresponds to 9:30am-5pm in KST

8:00 pm20:00 Irkutsk Time (IRKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours

8:00 pm20:00 IRKT / 8:30 pm20:30 KST

IRKTKST
12am (midnight)12:30 am
1am1:30 am
2am2:30 am
3am3:30 am
4am4:30 am
5am5:30 am
6am6:30 am
7am7:30 am
8am8:30 am
9am9:30 am
10am10:30 am
11am11:30 am
12pm (noon)12:30 pm
1pm1:30 pm
2pm2:30 pm
3pm3:30 pm
4pm4:30 pm
5pm5:30 pm
6pm6:30 pm
7pm7:30 pm
8pm8:30 pm
9pm9:30 pm
10pm10:30 pm
11pm11:30 pm
00:0000:30
01:0001:30
02:0002:30
03:0003:30
04:0004:30
05:0005:30
06:0006:30
07:0007:30
08:0008:30
09:0009:30
10:0010:30
11:0011:30
12:0012:30
13:0013:30
14:0014:30
15:0015:30
16:0016:30
17:0017:30
18:0018:30
19:0019:30
20:0020:30
21:0021:30
22:0022:30
23:0023:30

Irkutsk Time

Offset: IRKT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Russia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IRKT time zone is Irkutsk in Russia, with about 586,695 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Ulan Ude, Bratsk, Angarsk, Ust Ilimsk.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Irkutsk Time (IRKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so IRKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IRKT Time Zone Geo Map
IRKT timezone map

IRKT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for IRKT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time

Pyongyang Time

Offset: KST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

KST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0830 - basic
  • +08:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0830 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
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