PDT to AHDT Converter

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Pacific Daylight Time
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Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
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This converter keeps AHDT at UTC−9. Anchorage uses AKDT (UTC−8) on this date. Open the AKDT converter, or choose Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau for city-specific time.

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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026 = 3:00 am03:00 AHDT (UTC-9), Oct 18, 2026

PDT is 2 hours ahead of AHDT.

PDT and AHDT examples

These examples always use PDT (UTC-7) and AHDT (UTC-9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PDT is 2 hours ahead of AHDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 2 hours ahead of AHDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 1 hour ahead of AHDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in AHDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in AHDT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in AHDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in AHDT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 2 hours ahead of Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 3:00 am03:00 in AHDT

PDT to AHDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in PDT which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in AHDT

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time (AHDT). Offset UTC -9:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 3:00 am03:00 AHDT

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Pacific Daylight Time

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

Countries using this time zone: 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.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

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 USA daylight saving time and 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

Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time

Offset: AHDT is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

AHDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -09 - basic short
  • -0900 - basic
  • -09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0900 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Victor - Military abbreviation for AHDT
  • V - short form of 'Victor'
Time zones with the GMT -9 offset:
  • AKST - Alaska Standard Time
  • AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
  • HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
  • GAMT - Gambier Time
  • HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
  • V - Victor Time Zone
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