PST to AST Arabia Converter
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 12, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 AST (UTC+3), Oct 12, 2026
PDT is 10 hours behind AST.
PST (US winter time, UTC-8) and AST examples
These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and AST (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PST is 11 hours behind AST.
PST is US Pacific winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year Los Angeles uses PDT (UTC-7), one hour later. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to AST-ARABIA. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to AST-ARABIA.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 10 hours behind AST Arabia. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 11 hours behind AST Arabia.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 7:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in AST Arabia. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 8:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in AST Arabia.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 19:00 to 03:00 (next day) in AST Arabia. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 20:00 to 04:00 (next day) in AST Arabia.
Compare PST time with AST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 10 hours behind Arabia Standard Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 3:00 pm15:00 in AST
PDT to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in PDT which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in AST. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 3:00 pm15:00 AST
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Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).
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).
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
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
Arabia Standard Time
Offset: AST is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Saudi Arabia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, with about 4.697 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah, Dammam.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Arabia Standard Time (AST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
AST representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for AST
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
- Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time