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PDT/PST
Pacific Daylight Time
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Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.

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8:00 pm20:00 +08:00 (UTC+8), Oct 3, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 3, 2026

+08:00 is 15 hours ahead of PDT.

+08:00 and PST examples

These examples always use +08:00 (UTC+8) and PST (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

+08:00 is 16 hours ahead of PST.

PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use +08 to PT. For daylight-time examples, use +08 to PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, +08:00 is 15 hours ahead of PDT. At other times of the year, +08:00 is 16 hours ahead of PST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in +08:00 correspond to 6:00 pm (previous day) to 2:00 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in +08:00 correspond to 5:00 pm (previous day) to 1:00 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in +08:00 correspond to 18:00 (previous day) to 02:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in +08:00 correspond to 17:00 (previous day) to 01:00 in PST.

Compare +08:00 time with PST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

+08:00 GMT is 15 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in +08:00 is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

+08:00 to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in +08:00 which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in PDT (previous day)

8:00 pm20:00 +08:00 GMT (+08:00). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 +08:00 / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

+08:00PDT
12:00am9:00am
1:00am10:00am
2:00am11:00am
3:00am12:00pm
4:00am1:00pm
5:00am2:00pm
6:00am3:00pm
7:00am4:00pm
8:00am5:00pm
9:00am6:00pm
10:00am7:00pm
11:00am8:00pm
12:00pm9:00pm
1:00pm10:00pm
2:00pm11:00pm
3:00pm12:00am
4:00pm1:00am
5:00pm2:00am
6:00pm3:00am
7:00pm4:00am
8:00pm5:00am
9:00pm6:00am
10:00pm7:00am
11:00pm8:00am
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01:0010:00
02:0011:00
03:0012:00
04:0013:00
05:0014:00
06:0015:00
07:0016:00
08:0017:00
09:0018:00
10:0019:00
11:0020:00
12:0021:00
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15:0000:00
16:0001:00
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+08:00 GMT

Offset: +08:00 is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Etc

Daylight Saving: Clocks in +08:00 GMT (+08:00) do not change for daylight saving time, so +08:00 stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

+08:00 representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for +08:00
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST Time Zone Geo Map
PST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone