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4:30 pm16:30 AFT (UTC+4:30), Oct 17, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 17, 2026

AFT is 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT.

AFT and PDT examples

These examples always use AFT (UTC+4:30) and PDT (UTC-7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AFT is 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AFT is 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, AFT is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AFT correspond to 9:30 pm (previous day) to 6:30 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AFT correspond to 8:30 pm (previous day) to 5:30 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AFT correspond to 21:30 (previous day) to 06:30 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AFT correspond to 20:30 (previous day) to 05:30 in PST.

Compare AFT time with PDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Afghanistan Time is 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
4:30 pm16:30 in AFT is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

AFT to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in AFT which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in PDT. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

4:30 pm16:30 Afghanistan Time (AFT). Offset UTC +4:30 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

4:30 pm16:30 AFT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Afghanistan Time

Offset: AFT is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Afghanistan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AFT time zone is Kabul in Afghanistan, with about 4.435 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Herāt, Kandahār, Mazār-e Sharīf, Jalālābād.

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

AFT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0430 - basic
  • +04:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0430 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
Time zones with the GMT +4:30 offset:
  • AFT - Afghanistan Time
  • IRDT - Iran Daylight Time

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT 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: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

Map of the areas on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
PDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on PDT.

Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).

123456789101112Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -07 - basic short
  • -0700 - basic
  • -07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PDT 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
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone