Time in North Korea
| Pyongyang Time | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | |
Map of East Asia with timezones | |
| UTC offset | |
| PYT | UTC+9:00 |
| Current time | |
| 02:35, 21 June 2025 UTC+09:00 [refresh] | |
| Central meridian | |
| Date-time group | |
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| Pyongyang Time | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 평양시간 |
|---|---|
| Hancha | 平壤時間 |
| Revised Romanization | Pyeongyang sigan |
| McCune–Reischauer | P'yŏngyang sigan |
| South Korean name | |
| Hangul | 북한 표준시 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 北韓 標準時 |
| Revised Romanization | Bukhan pyojunsi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pukhan p'yojunsi |
Time in North Korea, called Pyongyang Time (PYT; Korean: 평양시간) 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. Time keeping in North Korea is under the State Commission for Science and Technology.