Asia/Pyongyang

Time zone identifier: Asia/Pyongyang

Current civil offset: +09:00 (KST)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1908-03-31

Local Mean Time (LMT): +08:23 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 5 transitions across 3 distinct offsets

Associated countries: KP

Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

Text summary: Asia/Pyongyang shifted between 3 distinct offsets from 1908-03-31 through the modern era.

UTC Instant	Local Wall Time	Shift	Abbreviation	DST	Effect
`1908-03-31T15:37:00Z`	`1908-04-01 00:07:00`	+08:23 → +08:30	`KST`	No	gap
`1911-12-31T15:30:00Z`	`1912-01-01 00:30:00`	+08:30 → +09:00	`JST`	No	gap
`1945-08-23T15:00:00Z`	`1945-08-24 00:00:00`	+09:00 → +09:00	`KST`	No	offset-only
`2015-08-14T15:00:00Z`	`2015-08-14 23:30:00`	+09:00 → +08:30	`KST`	No	overlap
`2018-05-04T15:00:00Z`	`2018-05-05 00:00:00`	+08:30 → +09:00	`KST`	No	gap

tzdb guarantees accuracy for timestamps from 1970 onwards. Transitions prior to 1970 represent best-effort historical reconstructions.