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CAT
Central Africa Time
GMT +2
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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2:00 pm CAT (UTC+2), Oct 3, 2026 = 5:00 am PDT (UTC-7), Oct 3, 202614:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 3, 2026 = 05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 3, 2026

CAT is 9 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CAT is 9 hours ahead of PT. At other times of the year, CAT is 10 hours ahead of PT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CAT correspond to 12:00 am to 8:00 am in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CAT correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CAT correspond to 00:00 to 08:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CAT correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in PT.

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

Time Difference

Central Africa Time is 9 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time
2:00 pm14:00 in CAT is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

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

2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 CAT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

CATPT
12am (midnight)3pm
1am4pm
2am5pm
3am6pm
4am7pm
5am8pm
6am9pm
7am10pm
8am11pm
9am12am (midnight)
10am1am
11am2am
12pm (noon)3am
1pm4am
2pm5am
3pm6am
4pm7am
5pm8am
6pm9am
7pm10am
8pm11am
9pm12pm (noon)
10pm1pm
11pm2pm
00:0015:00
01:0016:00
02:0017:00
03:0018:00
04:0019:00
05:0020:00
06:0021:00
07:0022:00
08:0023:00
09:0000:00
10:0001:00
11:0002:00
12:0003:00
13:0004:00
14:0005:00
15:0006:00
16:0007:00
17:0008:00
18:0009:00
19:0010:00
20:0011:00
21:0012:00
22:0013:00
23:0014:00

Central Africa Time

Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Lubumbashi in Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2.222 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lusaka, Mbuji Mayi, Khartoum, Omdurman.

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

CAT Time Zone Geo Map
CAT timezone map

CAT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Blantyre
  • Africa/Bujumbura
  • Africa/Gaborone
  • Africa/Harare
  • Africa/Juba
  • Africa/Khartoum
  • Africa/Kigali
  • Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Africa/Lusaka
  • Africa/Maputo
  • Africa/Windhoek
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer 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