Pyongyang Time | |
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PYT | UTC+9:00 |
Current time | |
05:54, 2 October 2024 UTC+09:00 [refresh] | |
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Time in North Korea, called Pyongyang Time[1] (Korean: 평양시간; Hancha: 平壤時間 or PYT) or Standard Time of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (조선민주주의인민공화국 표준시간; 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國標準時間), is since May 2018 equal to Korea Standard Time: 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Like South Korea, North Korea does not currently observe daylight saving time.[2] Time keeping in North Korea is under the State Commission for Science and Technology.