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8:00 am08:00 CDT (UTC-4), Oct 13, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 13, 2026

CDT is 3 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT Caribbean is 3 hours ahead of PT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST Caribbean is 3 hours ahead of PT. Briefly around clock changes, CDT Caribbean is 4 hours ahead of PT or CST Caribbean is 2 hours ahead of PT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT Caribbean correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST Caribbean correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT Caribbean correspond to 06:00 to 14:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST Caribbean correspond to 06:00 to 14:00 in PT.

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

Time Difference

Cuba Daylight Time is 3 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
8:00 am08:00 in CDT is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

CDT to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in CDT which corresponds to 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in PDT

8:00 am08:00 Cuba Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 CDT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Cuba Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Cuba

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Havana in Cuba, with about 2.164 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Holguín, Guantánamo.

Map of the areas on Cuba Daylight Time (CDT)
CDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CDT.

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

123456789101112Start: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Havana
  • Cuba
CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard 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 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