HKT to PST Converter
Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.
Quick answers
Selected conversion
8:00 pm20:00 HKT (UTC+8), Oct 8, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 8, 2026
HKT is 15 hours ahead of PDT.
HKT and PST examples
These examples always use HKT (UTC+8) and PST (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
HKT is 16 hours ahead of PST.
PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use HKT to PT. For daylight-time examples, use HKT to PDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, HKT is 15 hours ahead of PDT. At other times of the year, HKT is 16 hours ahead of PST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in HKT correspond to 6:00 pm (previous day) to 2:00 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in HKT correspond to 5:00 pm (previous day) to 1:00 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in HKT correspond to 18:00 (previous day) to 02:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in HKT correspond to 17:00 (previous day) to 01:00 in PST.
Compare HKT time with PST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 15 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in HKT is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT
HKT to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in HKT which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in PDT (previous day)
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 HKT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT
| HKT | PDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 9:00am |
| 1:00am | 10:00am |
| 2:00am | 11:00am |
| 3:00am | 12:00pm |
| 4:00am | 1:00pm |
| 5:00am | 2:00pm |
| 6:00am | 3:00pm |
| 7:00am | 4:00pm |
| 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| 9:00am | 6:00pm |
| 10:00am | 7:00pm |
| 11:00am | 8:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 12:00am |
| 4:00pm | 1:00am |
| 5:00pm | 2:00am |
| 6:00pm | 3:00am |
| 7:00pm | 4:00am |
| 8:00pm | 5:00am |
| 9:00pm | 6:00am |
| 10:00pm | 7:00am |
| 11:00pm | 8:00am |
| 00:00 | 09:00 |
| 01:00 | 10:00 |
| 02:00 | 11:00 |
| 03:00 | 12:00 |
| 04:00 | 13:00 |
| 05:00 | 14:00 |
| 06:00 | 15:00 |
| 07:00 | 16:00 |
| 08:00 | 17:00 |
| 09:00 | 18:00 |
| 10:00 | 19:00 |
| 11:00 | 20:00 |
| 12:00 | 21:00 |
| 13:00 | 22:00 |
| 14:00 | 23:00 |
| 15:00 | 00:00 |
| 16:00 | 01:00 |
| 17:00 | 02:00 |
| 18:00 | 03:00 |
| 19:00 | 04:00 |
| 20:00 | 05:00 |
| 21:00 | 06:00 |
| 22:00 | 07:00 |
| 23:00 | 08:00 |
Hong Kong Time
Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Hong Kong
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT time zone is Hong Kong in Hong Kong, with about 7.396 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kowloon, Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long Kau Hui.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Hong Kong Time (HKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so HKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
HKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +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 east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Hongkong
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 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 PST 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
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -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.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone