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3:00 pm15:00 AST (UTC+3), Oct 18, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026

AST is 10 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AST Arabia is 10 hours ahead of PT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, AST Arabia is 11 hours ahead of PT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AST Arabia correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 am in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AST Arabia correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AST Arabia correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 08:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AST Arabia correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in PT.

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

Time Difference

Arabia Standard Time is 10 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in AST is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

AST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in AST which corresponds to 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in PDT. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 AST / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Arabia Standard Time

Offset: AST is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Baghdad in Iraq, with about 7.216 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Jeddah, Riyadh, Sanaa, Mosul.

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

AST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for AST
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
AST Abbreviation: Several time zones share AST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
  • Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time

Pacific Time

Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in North America. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.

Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico. From November 1, 2026, most of British Columbia in Canada keeps UTC-7 all year instead.

Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT 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

PT 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 PT
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
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