JST

Units & Measurements abbreviation · Time Zone

JST
Stands forJapan Standard Time
CategoriesUnits & Measurements

JST stands for Japan Standard Time, a time zone abbreviation.

Japan's single time zone, UTC+9, used year-round from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of New York in winter and 13 in summer.

Example: The game launches at midnight JST, which is 10 a.m. EST the previous day.

Usage notes

The zone is based on the 135° E meridian, which passes through the city of Akashi, home of a planetarium built directly on the line. Japan used daylight saving only from 1948 to 1951 under the US occupation. Video game and anime release announcements are often given in JST.

More time zone abbreviations

  • HKT – Hong Kong Time
  • HST – Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
  • ICT – Indochina Time
  • IDL – International Date Line
  • IRST – Iran Standard Time
  • IST – India Standard Time
  • KST – Korea Standard Time
  • LMT – Local mean time
  • LT – Local time
  • MDT – Mountain Daylight Time
  • MSK – Moscow Standard Time
  • MST – Mountain Standard Time

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