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

PKT is 12 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PKT is 12 hours ahead of PT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PKT is 13 hours ahead of PT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 9:00 pm (previous day) to 6:00 am in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 8:00 pm (previous day) to 5:00 am in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 21:00 (previous day) to 06:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 20:00 (previous day) to 05:00 in PT.

Compare PKT time with PT 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 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in PKT which corresponds to 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in PDT (previous day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

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 of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi.

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.

Current time in Pakistan: Pakistan time now

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:
  • ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
  • 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
  • QYZT - Qyzylorda 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 Time

Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in North America. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.

Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico. From November 1, 2026, most of British Columbia in Canada keeps UTC-7 all year instead.

Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT 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: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PT
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone