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Georgia, USAEDT
UTC−4
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Atlanta's clocks go back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1 · EDT → EST
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UTC−7
3h behind
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3am
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9pm

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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026

Atlanta is 3 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Atlanta is 3 hours ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Atlanta is 3 hours ahead of PST. Briefly around clock changes, Atlanta is 4 hours ahead of PST or Atlanta is 2 hours ahead of PDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Atlanta correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Atlanta correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Atlanta correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Atlanta correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in PST.

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

Time Difference

EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) is 3 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
8:00 am08:00 in Atlanta, GA, USA is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

Atlanta to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-6pm12:00-18:00 in Atlanta which corresponds to 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in PDT

8:00 am08:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (Atlanta, GA, USA). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 Atlanta, GA, USA / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Atlanta Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EDT – Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-4 (now, daylight saving time)
EST – Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (EST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (EDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Atlanta Facts

Country
USA
State
Georgia
Alternative Names
ATL, Atlant, Atlanta, Atlantae, Atlonta, Canebrake, Marthasdale, Marthasville, Standing Peachtree, Terminus, White Hall, Whitehall, aeteullaenta, arr‌lanra nagaram, atalanta, ateullaenta, ateullanta, atlanta, atoranta, atʼlantʼa, etalanta, etlanta, ya te lan da, Ατλάντα, Атлантæ, Атланта, Ատլանտա, אטלאנטא, אטלנטה, آتلانتا, أتلانتا, ئەتڵانتا, اٹلانٹا, اٹلانٹا، جارجیا, अटलांटा, अटलान्टा, एट्लान्टा, एत्लान्ता, আটলান্টা, એટલાન્ટા, அட்லான்டா, అట్లాంటా, ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಾ, അറ്റ്‌ലാന്റാ നഗരം, แอตแลนตา, ཨ་ཊི་ལཱན་ཊཱ།, အတ္တလန္တာမြို့, ატლანტა, አትላንታ, アトランタ, 亚特兰大, 亞特蘭大, 아틀란타, 아틀랜타, 애틀랜타
Population
510,823
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
33° 44' N Latitude / 84° 23' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: 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

Map of the areas on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
PDT part of the year

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).

123456789101112Start: 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.

123456789101112End: 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 USA daylight saving time and 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