Pyeongtaek is 15 to 16 hours ahead of El Paso, depending on the time of year. If you are both awake 7 am to 11 pm, a January weekday gives you 8 hours awake at the same time, though none of them is outside a 9-to-5 for both of you (in July: 8 hours shared, 2 hours free). Here are the good ones.
Pyeongtaek is 16 hours ahead of El Paso that week. On a weekday you are both awake for 8 hours, but none of them is outside work for both of you, so a lunch break or a commute has to do the work.
Worked out for the week of 11 January 2027 (11 Jan – 17 Jan), in El Paso time, with each zone’s own daylight-saving rules for those dates. Pyeongtaek awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays; El Paso awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays.
A weekday, in El Paso timeboth awake
El Pasoawake 7 am – 11 pm
Pyeongtaekawake 3 pm – 7 am El Paso time
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Best on a weekday
8 – 10 pm El Paso
noon – 2 pm Pyeongtaek · El Paso evening, Pyeongtaek lunchtime (their next day) · during Pyeongtaek’s lunch break
Another weekday option
5 – 7 pm El Paso
9 – 11 am Pyeongtaek · El Paso early evening, Pyeongtaek morning (their next day) · during Pyeongtaek’s work hours
The long weekend call
Sat 6 – 9 pm El Paso
Sun 10 am – 1 pm Pyeongtaek · El Paso early evening, Pyeongtaek morning
The week · El Paso time, 11 Jan – 17 Jan
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Mon
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Tue
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12a
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Wed
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Thu
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Fri
11p
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Columns are El Paso hours; the small figure in each cell is the time in Pyeongtaek. both freeboth awake, one at workPyeongtaek asleep
The Pyeongtaek–El Paso gap through 2027
Dates
Difference
1 January – 13 March
Pyeongtaek is 16 hours ahead of El Paso
14 March – 6 November
Pyeongtaek is 15 hours ahead of El Paso
7 November – 31 December
Pyeongtaek is 16 hours ahead of El Paso
The week grid and call windows were worked out for 11 Jan to 17 Jan 2027 with the IANA time-zone rules for Asia/Seoul (Pyeongtaek) and America/Denver (El Paso). That week El Paso is on standard time and Pyeongtaek keeps the same time all year. The table uses the same rules for every day of 2027. The finder above recalculates for the current week in your browser.
When it is … in El Paso
In El Paso
Pyeongtaek, January
Pyeongtaek, July
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11 pm
10 pm
9 am
1 am (next day)
midnight (next day)
11 am
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2 am (next day)
1 pm
5 am (next day)
4 am (next day)
3 pm
7 am (next day)
6 am (next day)
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9 am (next day)
8 am (next day)
7 pm
11 am (next day)
10 am (next day)
9 pm
1 pm (next day)
noon (next day)
Wednesday times. Send times as “your 8 pm” or “my 8 pm” so nobody has to guess whose clock you mean.
If one of you is deployed or stationed in Pyeongtaek
Duty days rarely follow nine to five. Set the work hours on the Pyeongtaek side to “No fixed work hours” and read the grid as a map of who is likely awake, not a promise of who is free. Calls may depend on access and schedules you cannot see from home, so keep the windows above as a starting point rather than a plan.
Follow your unit’s guidance on what you share about times, places and movements. The deployment countdown has a private mode that hides every date, and the deployment countdown guide covers OPSEC habits for families.
Stop doing the math every day
The Long Goodbye keeps your person’s local time and time of day on your home-screen widget and lock screen, so you can see whether it is morning coffee or midnight in Pyeongtaek before you call. A “thinking of you” tap lights up their widget, and a countdown keeps the next visit in view.
What is the time difference between Pyeongtaek and El Paso?
Pyeongtaek is 15 to 16 hours ahead of El Paso, depending on the time of year. In 2027 it is 16 hours from 1 January to 13 March and from 7 November to 31 December; 15 hours from 14 March to 6 November.
What is the best time to call Pyeongtaek from El Paso?
In January, the easiest two hours on a weekday are 8 – 10 pm El Paso, which is noon – 2 pm Pyeongtaek: El Paso evening, Pyeongtaek lunchtime, the next day there, during Pyeongtaek’s lunch break. At the weekend, Sat 6 – 9 pm El Paso (Sun 10 am – 1 pm Pyeongtaek) gives you a longer call. Change the awake and work hours in the finder on this page to fit your own days.
How many waking hours do Pyeongtaek and El Paso share?
If both of you are awake from 7 am to 11 pm, you share 8 hours on a January weekday, but none of them falls outside 9-to-5 working hours in both places; in July it is 8 hours shared and 2 hours free.
Does daylight saving time change the call times?
Yes. In 2027 El Paso changes its clocks on 14 March and 7 November and Pyeongtaek does not change its clocks, so a call you keep at the same time in El Paso moves by an hour in Pyeongtaek on those dates. Check the table on this page and agree the new time out loud after each change.