PST to AFT Converter
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PST and AFT examples
These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and AFT (UTC+4:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PST is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind AFT.
PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to AFT. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to AFT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind AFT. At other times of the year, PST is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind AFT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 8:30 pm to 4:30 am (next day) in AFT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 9:30 pm to 5:30 am (next day) in AFT.
Compare PST time with AFT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Standard Time is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind Afghanistan Time
4:00 am04:00 in PST is 4:30 pm16:30 in AFT
PST to AFT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-7:30pm in PST which corresponds to 7am-8am in AFT (next day)
4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 Afghanistan Time (AFT). Offset UTC +4:30 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST / 4:30 pm16:30 AFT
| PST | AFT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12:30 pm |
| 1am | 1:30 pm |
| 2am | 2:30 pm |
| 3am | 3:30 pm |
| 4am | 4:30 pm |
| 5am | 5:30 pm |
| 6am | 6:30 pm |
| 7am | 7:30 pm |
| 8am | 8:30 pm |
| 9am | 9:30 pm |
| 10am | 10:30 pm |
| 11am | 11:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 12:30 am |
| 1pm | 1:30 am |
| 2pm | 2:30 am |
| 3pm | 3:30 am |
| 4pm | 4:30 am |
| 5pm | 5:30 am |
| 6pm | 6:30 am |
| 7pm | 7:30 am |
| 8pm | 8:30 am |
| 9pm | 9:30 am |
| 10pm | 10:30 am |
| 11pm | 11:30 am |
| 00:00 | 12:30 |
| 01:00 | 13:30 |
| 02:00 | 14:30 |
| 03:00 | 15:30 |
| 04:00 | 16:30 |
| 05:00 | 17:30 |
| 06:00 | 18:30 |
| 07:00 | 19:30 |
| 08:00 | 20:30 |
| 09:00 | 21:30 |
| 10:00 | 22:30 |
| 11:00 | 23:30 |
| 12:00 | 00:30 |
| 13:00 | 01:30 |
| 14:00 | 02:30 |
| 15:00 | 03:30 |
| 16:00 | 04:30 |
| 17:00 | 05:30 |
| 18:00 | 06:30 |
| 19:00 | 07:30 |
| 20:00 | 08:30 |
| 21:00 | 09:30 |
| 22:00 | 10:30 |
| 23:00 | 11:30 |
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 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 PST 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
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -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.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
Afghanistan Time
Offset: AFT is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Afghanistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AFT time zone is Kabul in Afghanistan, with about 4.435 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Herat, Kandahar, Mazar e Sharif, Jalalabad.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Afghanistan Time (AFT) do not change for daylight saving time, so AFT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
AFT representations, usage and related time zones
- +0430 - basic
- +04:30 - extended
- +0430 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- AFT - Afghanistan Time
- IRDT - Iran Daylight Time