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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 18, 2026

PDT is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

PDT and IST examples

These examples always use PDT (UTC-7) and IST (UTC+5:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PDT is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 13 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 9:30 pm to 6:30 am (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 10:30 pm to 7:30 am (next day) in IST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 21:30 to 06:30 (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 22:30 to 07:30 (next day) in IST.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

PDT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in PDT which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in IST (next day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

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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.

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

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.

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

Current time in India: India time now

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2