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PDT
Pacific Daylight Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
EAT
Eastern Africa Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 8, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 EAT (UTC+3), Oct 8, 2026

PDT is 10 hours behind EAT.

PDT and EAT examples

These examples always use PDT (UTC-7) and EAT (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PDT is 10 hours behind EAT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 10 hours behind EAT. At other times of the year, PST is 11 hours behind EAT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 7:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in EAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 8:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in EAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 19:00 to 03:00 (next day) in EAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 20:00 to 04:00 (next day) in EAT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 10 hours behind Eastern Africa Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 3:00 pm15:00 in EAT

PDT to EAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in PDT which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in EAT

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 3:00 pm15:00 EAT

PDTEAT
12:00am10:00am
1:00am11:00am
2:00am12:00pm
3:00am1:00pm
4:00am2:00pm
5:00am3:00pm
6:00am4:00pm
7:00am5:00pm
8:00am6:00pm
9:00am7:00pm
10:00am8:00pm
11:00am9:00pm
12:00pm10:00pm
1:00pm11:00pm
2:00pm12:00am
3:00pm1:00am
4:00pm2:00am
5:00pm3:00am
6:00pm4:00am
7:00pm5:00am
8:00pm6:00am
9:00pm7:00am
10:00pm8:00am
11:00pm9:00am
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01:0011:00
02:0012:00
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04:0014:00
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06:0016:00
07:0017:00
08:0018:00
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Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

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

PDT Time Zone Geo Map
PDT timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: 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

Eastern Africa Time

Offset: EAT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAT time zone is Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, with about 5.384 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Mogadishu, Kampala.

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

EAT Time Zone Geo Map
EAT timezone map

EAT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for EAT
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Addis_Ababa
  • Africa/Asmara
  • Africa/Asmera
  • Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
  • Africa/Djibouti
  • Africa/Kampala
  • Africa/Mogadishu
  • Africa/Nairobi
  • Indian/Antananarivo
  • Indian/Comoro
  • Indian/Mayotte
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time