COT to PDT Converter
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7:00 am07:00 COT (UTC-5), Oct 14, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 14, 2026
COT is 2 hours ahead of PDT.
COT and PDT examples
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COT is 2 hours ahead of PDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, COT is 2 hours ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, COT is 3 hours ahead of PST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in COT 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 COT correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in COT correspond to 07:00 to 15:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in COT correspond to 06:00 to 14:00 in PST.
Compare COT time with PDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Colombia Time is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
7:00 am07:00 in COT is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT
COT to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm11:00-17:00 in COT which corresponds to 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in PDT
7:00 am07:00 Colombia Time (COT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 COT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT
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Colombia Time
Offset: COT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Colombia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the COT time zone is Bogotá in Colombia, with about 7.674 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Colombia Time (COT) do not change for daylight saving time, so COT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
COT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -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.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for COT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- 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).
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
Today all shaded areas are on PDT.
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).
Start: 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.
End: 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.
PDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -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.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone