PDT to UTC to CDT Time Converter
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 22, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 22, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 22, 2026
PDT is 7 hours behind UTC. PDT is 2 hours behind CDT.
How the time difference changes
PDT to UTC
For most of the year, PDT is 7 hours behind UTC. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 8 hours behind UTC.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in UTC. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 5:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in UTC.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 16:00 to 01:00 (next day) in UTC. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 17:00 to 02:00 (next day) in UTC.
PDT to CDT
For most of the year, PDT is 2 hours behind CDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 2 hours behind CST. Briefly around clock changes, PDT is 1 hour behind CST or PST is 3 hours behind CDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in CST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in CST.
Compare PDT time with UTC and CDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 7 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. Pacific Daylight Time is 2 hours behind Central Daylight Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 7:00 am07:00 in CDT
PDT to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in PDT which corresponds to 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in UTC
PDT to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in PDT which corresponds to 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in CDT
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 7:00 am07:00 CDT
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| PDT | UTC | CDT |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00am | 2:00am | |
| 8:00am | 3:00am | |
| 9:00am | 4:00am | |
| 10:00am | 5:00am | |
| 11:00am | 6:00am | |
| 12:00pm | 7:00am | |
| 1:00pm | 8:00am | |
| 2:00pm | 9:00am | |
| 3:00pm | 10:00am | |
| 4:00pm | 11:00am | |
| 5:00pm | 12:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | 1:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | 2:00pm | |
| 8:00pm | 3:00pm | |
| 9:00pm | 4:00pm | |
| 10:00pm | 5:00pm | |
| 11:00pm | 6:00pm | |
| 12:00am next day | 7:00pm | |
| 1:00am next day | 8:00pm | |
| 2:00am next day | 9:00pm | |
| 3:00am next day | 10:00pm | |
| 4:00am next day | 11:00pm | |
| 5:00am next day | 12:00am next day | |
| 6:00am next day | 1:00am next day | |
| 07:00 | 02:00 | |
| 08:00 | 03:00 | |
| 09:00 | 04:00 | |
| 10:00 | 05:00 | |
| 11:00 | 06:00 | |
| 12:00 | 07:00 | |
| 13:00 | 08:00 | |
| 14:00 | 09:00 | |
| 15:00 | 10:00 | |
| 16:00 | 11:00 | |
| 17:00 | 12:00 | |
| 18:00 | 13:00 | |
| 19:00 | 14:00 | |
| 20:00 | 15:00 | |
| 21:00 | 16:00 | |
| 22:00 | 17:00 | |
| 23:00 | 18:00 | |
| 00:00 next day | 19:00 | |
| 01:00 next day | 20:00 | |
| 02:00 next day | 21:00 | |
| 03:00 next day | 22:00 | |
| 04:00 next day | 23:00 | |
| 05:00 next day | 00:00 next day | |
| 06:00 next day | 01:00 next day |
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
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).
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.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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
Coordinated Universal Time
Offset: UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara
Principal Cities: The largest city in the UTC time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.
Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time, WEST).
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Chicago in the United States, with about 2.664 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth.
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro
Today all shaded areas are on CDT.
Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) 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: Central Daylight Time (CDT) 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.
CDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Chicago
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Resolute
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
- Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone