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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 12, 2026 = 10:30 pm22:30 ACDT (UTC+10:30), Oct 12, 2026

PDT is 17 hours and 30 minutes behind ACDT.

PDT and ACDT examples

These examples always use PDT (UTC-7) and ACDT (UTC+10:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PDT is 17 hours and 30 minutes behind ACDT.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, PDT is 16 hours and 30 minutes behind ACST, PDT is 17 hours and 30 minutes behind ACDT, or PST is 18 hours and 30 minutes behind ACDT.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 1:30 am (next day) to 9:30 am (next day) in ACST, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 2:30 am (next day) to 10:30 am (next day) in ACDT, or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 3:30 am (next day) to 11:30 am (next day) in ACDT.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 01:30 (next day) to 09:30 (next day) in ACST, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 02:30 (next day) to 10:30 (next day) in ACDT, or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 03:30 (next day) to 11:30 (next day) in ACDT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 17 hours and 30 minutes behind Australian Central Daylight Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 10:30 pm22:30 in ACDT

PDT to ACDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3:30pm-5pm15:30-17:00 in PDT which corresponds to 9am-10:30am09:00-10:30 in ACDT (next day)

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
10:30 pm22:30 Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT). Offset UTC +10:30 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 10:30 pm22:30 ACDT

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Pacific Daylight Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Canada, 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 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

Australian Central Daylight Time

Offset: ACDT is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACDT time zone is Adelaide in Australia, with about 1.469 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mount Gambier, Mount Barker, Whyalla, Gawler.

Map of the areas on Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)
ACDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on ACDT.

Daylight Saving: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).

123456789101112Start: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) started on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of October.

123456789101112End: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) ends on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

ACDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +1030 - basic
  • +10:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1030 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects ACDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Adelaide
  • Australia/Broken_Hill
  • Australia/South
  • Australia/Yancowinna
Time zones with the GMT +10:30 offset:
  • ACDT - Australian Central Daylight Time
  • LHST - Lord Howe Standard Time