Time in South Korea
Time in South Korea | |
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Time zone | |
UTC offset | |
KST | UTC+09:00 |
Current time | |
08:07, 25 April 2024 KST [refresh] | |
Observance of DST | |
DST is not observed in this time zone. |
Korea Standard Time | |
Hangul | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hanguk pyojunsi |
McCune–Reischauer | Han'guk p'yojunsi |
South Korea has one time zone, Korea Standard Time (GMT+9), which is abbreviated KST.[1][2] South Korea currently does not observe daylight saving time.[3]
From May 8 to October 9 in 1988, daylight saving time was tested to better accommodate the calendar of competitions held during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[4][5]
History
In 1434, inventor Jang Yeong-sil developed Korea's first automatic water clock, which King Sejong adapted as Korea's standard timekeeper. It is likely that Koreans used water clocks to keep time prior to this invention, but no concrete records of them exist.[6] In 1437, Jang Yeong-sil, with Jeong Cho, created a bowl-shaped sundial called the angbu ilgu (앙부일구), which King Sejong had placed in public so anyone could use it.[7]
Geographically, the western parts of
In order to accommodate
North Korea also uses Korea Standard Time. From August 2015 to May 2018, North Korea changed its time zone to GMT+08:30, a time zone known as Pyongyang Standard Time,[9][10] but the change was reverted to promote Korean unity.[11][12]
IANA time zone database
The
References
- ^ "표준시" [Standard Time]. Doosan Encyclopedia (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "KST". Geospatial Information System Glossary (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "Current Local Time in South Korea". timeanddate.com.
- ^ ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Chappell, Bill (2017-03-29). "The Olympics' TV Time-Delay Is Going Away, NBC Says". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ISBN 0895818388.
- ISBN 978-8973007790.
- ^ Yu, Jeong-in (2010-08-09). "1961년 표준자오선 동경 135도로 변경" [1961 Standard Meridian Changed to 135 Degrees East]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "North Korea's new time zone to break from 'imperialism'". BBC News. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "Turning back the clock: North Korea creates Pyongyang Standard Time". Reuters. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Westcott, Ben; Yoonjung, Seo; Watkins, Eli (29 April 2018). "North Korea will close main nuclear test site in May, South says". CNN. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "혼란 주던 '30분 시차' 사라진다…서울 표준시로 "통일"" (in Korean). 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.