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PST/PDT

Pacific Standard Time

UTC−8

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Pacific Time is on standard time: PST (UTC−8) until Sun, Mar 14, 2027.

Keep PDT (UTC−7)

AKST/AKDT

Alaska Standard Time

UTC−9

1h behind

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Alaska Time is on standard time: AKST (UTC−9) until Sun, Mar 14, 2027.

Keep AKDT (UTC−8)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

4:00 am04:00 PST (UTC-8), Nov 8, 2026 = 3:00 am03:00 AKST (UTC-9), Nov 8, 2026

PST is 1 hour ahead of AKST.

PDT and AKDT examples

These examples always use PDT (UTC-7) and AKDT (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PDT is 1 hour ahead of AKDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 1 hour ahead of AKDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, PST is 1 hour ahead of AKST. Briefly around clock changes, PDT is 2 hours ahead of AKST or PST and AKDT have the same time.

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

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

Time Difference

Pacific Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of Alaska Standard Time.
4:00 am04:00 in PST is 3:00 am03:00 in AKST

PST to AKST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in PST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in AKST.

4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 Alaska Standard Time (AKST). Offset UTC -9:00 hours

4:00 am04:00 PST / 3:00 am03:00 AKST

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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 the shaded areas are on UTC−8 (Pacific Standard Time).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).

End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were 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.

Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) starts on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

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 Daylight Time

Offset: AKDT is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AKDT time zone is Anchorage in the United States, with about 289,600 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fairbanks, Juneau, Knik-Fairview, Wasilla.

Map of the areas on Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) — AKDT part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−9 (AKST).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Alaska Standard Time (AKST).

End: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were 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.

Start: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) starts on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AKDT representations, usage and related time zones