IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Pyongyang

The IANA tz database identifier for Korean Standard Time in North Korea. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+09:00Abbreviation KSTNo daylight saving
Time in Asia/Pyongyang☀ Daylight
07:59:31
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Offset
UTC+09:00
Abbreviation
KST
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+09:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

KST

used year-round

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇰🇵 North Korea

ISO 3166: KP · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Pyongyang is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing KST or +09:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'Asia/Pyongyang',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
8 years.

Asia/Pyongyang has kept UTC+09:00 year-round since 5 May 2018 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

+08:23:00UTC+09:00 · UNCHANGED 5 May 2018 NOW

Keeping this offset since

5 May 2018

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 9h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierAsia/Pyongyang
ISO country codeKP🇰🇵 North Korea
Reference coordinates39.02°N, 125.75°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+09:00abbreviation KST
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of North Korea, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Pyongyang or Korean Standard Time.

🇰🇵
North Korea

26M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Asia/Pyongyang.

Country page →
🇰🇵 Pyongyang
07:59
07:59:31 · KST
pop. 2.9MKST
🇰🇵 Hamhŭng
07:59
07:59:31 · KST
pop. 769KKST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Korean Standard Time

other identifiers keeping KST

Same offset · UTC+09:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is Asia/Pyongyang?
Asia/Pyongyang is UTC+09:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Pyongyang observe daylight saving time?
No. Asia/Pyongyang stays on UTC+09:00 all year, as it has since 5 May 2018.
Which country uses Asia/Pyongyang?
North Korea. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Asia/Pyongyang the same as KST?
Asia/Pyongyang is one of the IANA zones that keeps Korean Standard Time (KST). Use Asia/Pyongyang in software — KST is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation and DST status, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/Asia/Pyongyang
{
"data": {
"iana": "Asia/Pyongyang",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "KP", "name": "North Korea" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+09:00",
"abbreviation": "KST",
…
},
…
}
}