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5:00 am05:00 PCT (UTC-7), Nov 15, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 PHT (UTC+8), Nov 15, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 PT (UTC-8), Nov 15, 2026

PCT is 15 hours behind PHT. PCT is 1 hour ahead of PT.

How the time difference changes

PCT to PHT

In 2026, PDT is 15 hours behind PHT for most of the year. Until Mar 8, 2026, PST is 16 hours behind PHT.

In 2026, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 12:00 am (next day) to 9:00 am (next day) in PHT for most of the year. At other times that year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 1:00 am (next day) to 10:00 am (next day) in PHT.In 2026, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 00:00 (next day) to 09:00 (next day) in PHT for most of the year. At other times that year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 01:00 (next day) to 10:00 (next day) in PHT.

PCT to PT

In 2026, PDT and PT have the same time for most of the year. Until Mar 8, 2026, PST and PT have the same time. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PCT is 1 hour ahead of PT.

In 2026, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT for most of the year. At other times that year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PCT correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT.In 2026, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in PT for most of the year. At other times that year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in PT or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PCT correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in PT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Time is 15 hours behind Philippine Time. Pacific Time is 1 hour ahead of Pacific Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PCT is 8:00 pm20:00 in PHT and is 4:00 am04:00 in PT

PCT to PHT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in PCT which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in PHT (next day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
PCT to PT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in PCT which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in PT.

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Time (PCT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Philippine Time (PHT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Pacific Time (PT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PCT / 8:00 pm20:00 PHT / 4:00 am04:00 PT

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Pacific Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PCT time zone is Vancouver in Canada, with about 662,248 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Surrey, Victoria, Burnaby, Richmond.

PCT 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 PCT
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone

Philippine Time

Offset: PHT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Philippines

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PHT time zone is Quezon City in the Philippines, with about 3.084 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Davao, Caloocan, Manila, Taguig.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Philippine Time (PHT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PHT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PHT 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 PHT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
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 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