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HKT
Hong Kong Time
GMT +8
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9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
PT/PDT
Pacific Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
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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.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, HKT is 15 hours ahead of PT. At other times of the year, HKT is 16 hours ahead of PT.

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 PT. 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 PT.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 PT. 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 PT.

Compare HKT time with PT 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

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

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 Time Zone Geo Map
HKT timezone map

HKT 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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects HKT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Hong_Kong
  • Hongkong
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • 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 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 PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, 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