PST/PDT
UTC−8
Tue, Dec 12
12am
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6am
9am
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Pacific Time is on standard time: PST (UTC−8) until Sun, Mar 11, 2018.
MEZ
UTC+1
Wed, Dec 13 (next day)
9h ahead
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Quick answers

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5:00 pm17:00 PST (UTC-8), Dec 12, 2017 = 2:00 am02:00 MEZ (UTC+1), Dec 13, 2017

PST is 9 hours behind MEZ.

PDT and MEZ examples

These examples always use PDT (UTC-7) and MEZ (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PDT is 8 hours behind MEZ.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 9 hours behind CEST. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, PDT is 8 hours behind MEZ. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 9 hours behind MEZ.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 6:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 6:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in MEZ or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in MEZ.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 18:00 to 03:00 (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 18:00 to 03:00 (next day) in MEZ or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 17:00 to 02:00 (next day) in MEZ.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Standard Time is 9 hours behind Mitteleuropäische Zeit.
5:00 pm17:00 in PST is 2:00 am02:00 in MEZ

PST to MEZ call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in PST which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in MEZ. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

5:00 pm17:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
2:00 am02:00 Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

5:00 pm17:00 PST / 2:00 am02:00 MEZ

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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

On December 12, 2017 the shaded areas are on UTC−8 (Pacific Standard Time).

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).

123456789101112End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ended on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 5, 2017, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) starts on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 11, 2018, 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

Mitteleuropäische Zeit

Offset: MEZ is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MEZ time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.

Map of the areas on Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ)
MEZ all year MEZ part of the year

On December 12, 2017 all shaded areas are on MEZ.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).

123456789101112Start: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) started on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 29, 2017, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

123456789101112End: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) ends on Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 25, 2018, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MEZ representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for MEZ
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time