Convert Japan Standard Time to Coordinated Universal Time
Instantly convert Japan Standard Time (JST) to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) with our free online calculator.
Japan Standard Time
02:20:52 PM
Wed, Jun 24 (JST)
Coordinated Universal Time
05:20:52 AM
Wed, Jun 24 (UTC)
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24-Hour Comparison
| JST | UTC |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 3:00 PM(-1d) |
| 1:00 AM | 4:00 PM(-1d) |
| 2:00 AM | 5:00 PM(-1d) |
| 3:00 AM | 6:00 PM(-1d) |
| 4:00 AM | 7:00 PM(-1d) |
| 5:00 AM | 8:00 PM(-1d) |
| 6:00 AM | 9:00 PM(-1d) |
| 7:00 AM | 10:00 PM(-1d) |
| 8:00 AM | 11:00 PM(-1d) |
| 9:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
How to Convert Japan Standard Time to Coordinated Universal Time
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To convert Japan Standard Time (JST) to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): Convert JST to UTC
About Japan Standard Time (JST)
Japan Standard Time (JST, IANA: Asia/Tokyo) is the civil time of Japan, set at UTC+9:00 year-round (no DST). Japan observed Daylight Saving Time only briefly during American Occupation (1948-1951) and discontinued it after the Treaty of San Francisco. JST is also called Nippon Hyōjunji (日本標準時) and is officially maintained by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) — Japan operates a sophisticated atomic-clock-based timekeeping system at NICT Koganei facility with caesium beam frequency standards CSF-2 + Sr-87 optical lattice clock. JST is identical in offset to Korea Standard Time (KST), Yakutsk Time (Russian Far East), Western Indonesian Time WIT (eastern Indonesia), and Palau Time (PWT). JST serves Japan's approximately 125 million residents across 47 prefectures. Major JST cities: Tokyo (14M city, 37M metro — the world's largest metropolitan area by population), Yokohama (3.8M — Tokyo bay metro), Osaka (2.7M, Kansai region 19M metro), Nagoya (2.3M, Chukyo region 9.5M metro), Sapporo (1.9M — Hokkaido capital), Fukuoka (1.6M — Kyushu hub), Kobe (1.5M), Kawasaki (1.5M), Saitama (1.3M). Affects: TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange) trading hours 09:00-15:00 JST, Tokyo Sumo Grand Tournaments, Shinkansen bullet-train scheduling, Tokyo Disney + USJ park operating hours.
About Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time, defined since 1972 as the time at the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) maintained by BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) in Sèvres, France. UTC is computed as a weighted average of approximately 400 atomic clocks at ~80 national metrology institutes (NIST in the US, NPL in UK, PTB in Germany, NICT in Japan, KRISS in Korea, etc.) per the formal definition in ITU-R Recommendation TF.460-6 (2002). UTC is functionally identical to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for civil purposes but differs slightly in its underlying timescale — UTC uses atomic seconds with occasional leap seconds inserted (announced by IERS Bulletin C ~6 months in advance, last leap second was December 31, 2016, and the system may be retired by 2035 per Resolution D of CGPM 2022). UTC is the standard for aviation (ICAO Annex 5), maritime navigation (IMO COLREGS), all internet protocols (NTP, PTP per IEEE 1588), all scientific publications, GPS / Galileo / GLONASS / BeiDou GNSS, and Universal Time on Wikipedia/Wikidata.