PDT to JST Converter
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 8, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 JST (UTC+9), Oct 8, 2026
PDT is 16 hours behind JST.
PDT and JST examples
These examples always use PDT (UTC-7) and JST (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 16 hours behind JST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 16 hours behind JST. At other times of the year, PST is 17 hours behind JST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 1:00 am (next day) to 9:00 am (next day) in JST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 2:00 am (next day) to 10:00 am (next day) in JST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 01:00 (next day) to 09:00 (next day) in JST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 02:00 (next day) to 10:00 (next day) in JST.
Compare PDT time with JST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 16 hours behind Japan Standard Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 9:00 pm21:00 in JST
PDT to JST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in PDT which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in JST (next day)
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Japan Standard Time (JST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 9:00 pm21:00 JST
| PDT | JST |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 4:00pm |
| 1:00am | 5:00pm |
| 2:00am | 6:00pm |
| 3:00am | 7:00pm |
| 4:00am | 8:00pm |
| 5:00am | 9:00pm |
| 6:00am | 10:00pm |
| 7:00am | 11:00pm |
| 8:00am | 12:00am |
| 9:00am | 1:00am |
| 10:00am | 2:00am |
| 11:00am | 3:00am |
| 12:00pm | 4:00am |
| 1:00pm | 5:00am |
| 2:00pm | 6:00am |
| 3:00pm | 7:00am |
| 4:00pm | 8:00am |
| 5:00pm | 9:00am |
| 6:00pm | 10:00am |
| 7:00pm | 11:00am |
| 8:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 00:00 | 16:00 |
| 01:00 | 17:00 |
| 02:00 | 18:00 |
| 03:00 | 19:00 |
| 04:00 | 20:00 |
| 05:00 | 21:00 |
| 06:00 | 22:00 |
| 07:00 | 23:00 |
| 08:00 | 00:00 |
| 09:00 | 01:00 |
| 10:00 | 02:00 |
| 11:00 | 03:00 |
| 12:00 | 04:00 |
| 13:00 | 05:00 |
| 14:00 | 06:00 |
| 15:00 | 07:00 |
| 16:00 | 08:00 |
| 17:00 | 09:00 |
| 18:00 | 10:00 |
| 19:00 | 11:00 |
| 20:00 | 12:00 |
| 21:00 | 13:00 |
| 22:00 | 14:00 |
| 23:00 | 15:00 |
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
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).
Start: 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.
End: 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.
PDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -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.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone
Japan Standard Time
Offset: JST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Japan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the JST time zone is Tokyo in Japan, with about 9.733 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Yokohama, Osaka shi, Nagoya shi, Sapporo.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Japan Standard Time (JST) do not change for daylight saving time, so JST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
JST representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +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 east of the zero meridian.
- India - Military abbreviation for JST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Tokyo
- Japan
- AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
- CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
- I - India Time Zone
- IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
- JST - Japan Standard Time
- KST - Korea Standard Time
- PWT - Palau Time
- TLT - East Timor Time
- ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
- WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
- YAKT - Yakutsk Time