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CDT to PDT Converter

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CDT
Central Daylight Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
PDT
Pacific Daylight Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 8, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 8, 2026

CDT is 2 hours ahead of PDT.

CDT and PDT examples

These examples always use CDT (UTC-5) and PDT (UTC-7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CDT is 2 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT is 2 hours ahead of PDT. At other times of the year, CST is 2 hours ahead of PST. Briefly around clock changes, CDT is 3 hours ahead of PST or CST is 1 hour ahead of PDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 07:00 to 15:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST correspond to 07:00 to 15:00 in PST.

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

Time Difference

Central Daylight Time is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
7:00 am07:00 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 11am-5pm11:00-17:00 in CDT which corresponds to 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in PDT

7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 CDT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

CDTPDT
12:00am10:00pm
1:00am11:00pm
2:00am12:00am
3:00am1:00am
4:00am2:00am
5:00am3:00am
6:00am4:00am
7:00am5:00am
8:00am6:00am
9:00am7:00am
10:00am8:00am
11:00am9:00am
12:00pm10:00am
1:00pm11:00am
2:00pm12:00pm
3:00pm1:00pm
4:00pm2:00pm
5:00pm3:00pm
6:00pm4:00pm
7:00pm5:00pm
8:00pm6:00pm
9:00pm7:00pm
10:00pm8:00pm
11:00pm9:00pm
00:0022:00
01:0023:00
02:0000:00
03:0001:00
04:0002:00
05:0003:00
06:0004:00
07:0005:00
08:0006:00
09:0007:00
10:0008:00
11:0009:00
12:0010:00
13:0011:00
14:0012:00
15:0013:00
16:0014:00
17:0015:00
18:0016:00
19:0017:00
20:0018:00
21:0019:00
22:0020:00
23:0021:00

Central Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 5 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 CDT time zone is Chicago in the United States, with about 2.664 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Houston, San Antonio, Ciudad Juarez, Dallas.

French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre

Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

CDT Time Zone Geo Map
CDT timezone map

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

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends 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 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
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke
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 -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 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 PDT 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: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

PDT Time Zone Geo Map
PDT timezone map

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

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -07 - basic short
  • -0700 - basic
  • -07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone
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