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PKT
Pakistan Standard Time
GMT +5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
PDT
Pacific Daylight Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Oct 10, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 10, 2026

PKT is 12 hours ahead of PDT.

PKT and PDT examples

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

PKT is 12 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PKT is 12 hours ahead of PDT. At other times of the year, PKT is 13 hours ahead of PST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PKT correspond to 9:00 pm (previous day) to 5:00 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PKT correspond to 8:00 pm (previous day) to 4:00 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PKT correspond to 21:00 (previous day) to 05:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PKT correspond to 20:00 (previous day) to 04:00 in PST.

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

Time Difference

Pakistan Standard Time is 12 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

PKT to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in PKT which corresponds to 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in PDT

5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Pakistan Standard Time

Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Pakistan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PKT time zone is Lahore in Pakistan, with about 13.004 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Karachi, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan.

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

PKT Time Zone Geo Map
PKT timezone map

PKT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +05 - basic short
  • +0500 - basic
  • +05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Echo - Military abbreviation for PKT
  • E - short form of 'Echo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PKT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Karachi
Time zones with the GMT +5 offset:
  • AMST - Armenia Summer Time
  • AQTT - Aqtobe Time
  • AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
  • E - Echo Time Zone
  • MAWT - Mawson Time
  • MVT - Maldives Time
  • ORAT - Oral Time
  • PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
  • TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
  • TJT - Tajikistan Time
  • TMT - Turkmenistan Time
  • UZT - Uzbekistan Time
  • YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
  • HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time

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