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AWST
Australian Western Standard Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
PT/PDT
Pacific Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

AWST is 15 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AWST is 15 hours ahead of PT. At other times of the year, AWST is 16 hours ahead of PT.

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 PT. 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 PT.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 PT. 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 PT.

Compare AWST time with PT 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

AWSTPT
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
00:0009:00
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
13:0022:00
14:0023:00
15:0000:00
16:0001:00
17:0002:00
18:0003:00
19:0004:00
20:0005:00
21:0006:00
22:0007:00
23:0008:00

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 Time Zone Geo Map
AWST timezone map

AWST 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 AWST
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects AWST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Perth
  • Australia/West
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 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 the United States and Canada. 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 part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.

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 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, 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