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2:00 am02:00 HST (UTC-10), Oct 17, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 17, 2026

HST is 3 hours behind PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, HST is 3 hours behind PT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, HST is 2 hours behind PT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HST correspond to 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HST correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HST correspond to 12:00 to 21:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HST correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in PT.

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

Time Difference

Hawaii Standard Time is 3 hours behind Pacific Daylight Time.
2:00 am02:00 in HST is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

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

2:00 am02:00 Hawaii Standard Time (HST). Offset UTC -10:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

2:00 am02:00 HST / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Hawaii Standard Time

Offset: HST is 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the HST time zone is Honolulu in the United States, with about 350,964 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Pearl City, Hilo, Kailua, Waipahu.

Daylight Saving: Some places on Hawaii Standard Time (HST) keep the same time all year, while others use HST for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Map of the areas on Hawaii Standard Time (HST)
HST all year HST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−9 (HDT).

HST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -10 - basic short
  • -1000 - basic
  • -10:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -1000 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Whiskey - Military abbreviation for HST
  • W - short form of 'Whiskey'
IANA/Olson: Reflects HST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Adak
  • America/Atka
  • HST
  • Pacific/Honolulu
  • Pacific/Johnston
  • US/Aleutian
  • US/Hawaii
Time zones with the GMT -10 offset:
  • HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
  • CKT - Cook Island Time
  • HST - Hawaii Standard Time
  • TAHT - Tahiti Time
  • W - Whiskey Time Zone

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 North America. 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 United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico. From November 1, 2026, most of British Columbia in Canada keeps UTC-7 all year instead.

Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT 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

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