AWST to PST Converter
Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.
Quick answers
Selected conversion
8:00 pm20:00 AWST (UTC+8), Oct 4, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 4, 2026
AWST is 15 hours ahead of PDT.
AWST and PST examples
These examples always use AWST (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.
AWST is 16 hours ahead of PST.
PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use AWST to PT. For daylight-time examples, use AWST to PDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, AWST is 15 hours ahead of PDT. At other times of the year, AWST is 16 hours ahead of PST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AWST 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 AWST 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 AWST 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 AWST correspond to 17:00 (previous day) to 01:00 in PST.
Compare AWST time with PST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Australian Western Standard Time is 15 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in AWST is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT
AWST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in AWST which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in PDT (previous day)
8:00 pm20:00 Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 AWST / 5:00 am05:00 PDT
| AWST | PDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 9:00am |
| 1:00am | 10:00am |
| 2:00am | 11:00am |
| 3:00am | 12:00pm |
| 4:00am | 1:00pm |
| 5:00am | 2:00pm |
| 6:00am | 3:00pm |
| 7:00am | 4:00pm |
| 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| 9:00am | 6:00pm |
| 10:00am | 7:00pm |
| 11:00am | 8:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 12:00am |
| 4:00pm | 1:00am |
| 5:00pm | 2:00am |
| 6:00pm | 3:00am |
| 7:00pm | 4:00am |
| 8:00pm | 5:00am |
| 9:00pm | 6:00am |
| 10:00pm | 7:00am |
| 11:00pm | 8:00am |
| 00:00 | 09:00 |
| 01:00 | 10:00 |
| 02:00 | 11:00 |
| 03:00 | 12:00 |
| 04:00 | 13:00 |
| 05:00 | 14:00 |
| 06:00 | 15:00 |
| 07:00 | 16:00 |
| 08:00 | 17:00 |
| 09:00 | 18:00 |
| 10:00 | 19:00 |
| 11:00 | 20:00 |
| 12:00 | 21:00 |
| 13:00 | 22:00 |
| 14:00 | 23:00 |
| 15:00 | 00:00 |
| 16:00 | 01:00 |
| 17:00 | 02:00 |
| 18:00 | 03:00 |
| 19:00 | 04:00 |
| 20:00 | 05:00 |
| 21:00 | 06:00 |
| 22:00 | 07:00 |
| 23:00 | 08:00 |
Australian Western Standard Time
Offset: AWST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia
Countries using this time zone: Australia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AWST time zone is Perth in Australia, with about 2.384 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mandurah, Bunbury, Rockingham, Armadale.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AWST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
AWST representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +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.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for AWST
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Australia/Perth
- Australia/West
- 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
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).
End: 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.
Start: 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.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -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.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone