JST(Japan Standard Time)
Japan Standard Time (JST) is the single national time of Japan, nine hours ahead of UTC.
- UTC offset
- UTC+09:00
- Abbreviation
- JST
- Full name
- Japan Standard Time
- Military letter
- India (I)
- Regions
- Japan
- IANA zones
- Asia/Tokyo
- Converter model
- Fixed offset.
What JST means
JST is the civil time of every Japanese prefecture and is used for all domestic transport, markets and broadcasting.
- Korea keeps the same offset but calls it Korea Standard Time (KST).
Cities on this offset
These cities keep UTC+09:00 as their standard offset:
- Tokyo
- Osaka
- Nagoya
- Sapporo
- Fukuoka
History
Japan adopted a national standard on the 135° east meridian, which runs through Akashi, in 1888, and has kept the same offset without seasonal changes since 1952.
Do not confuse with
- KST — Korea Standard Time
- AEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time