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PST to AWST Converter

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PDT/PST
Pacific Daylight Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use PST all year (UTC−8)
AWST
Australian Western Standard Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 5, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 AWST (UTC+8), Oct 5, 2026

PDT is 15 hours behind AWST.

PST and AWST examples

These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and AWST (UTC+8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PST is 16 hours behind AWST.

PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to AWST. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to AWST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 15 hours behind AWST. At other times of the year, PST is 16 hours behind AWST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 12:00 am (next day) to 8:00 am (next day) in AWST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 1:00 am (next day) to 9:00 am (next day) in AWST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 00:00 (next day) to 08:00 (next day) in AWST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 01:00 (next day) to 09:00 (next day) in AWST.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 15 hours behind Australian Western Standard Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 8:00 pm20:00 in AWST

PDT to AWST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in PDT which corresponds to 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in AWST (next day)

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 8:00 pm20:00 AWST

PDTAWST
12:00am3:00pm
1:00am4:00pm
2:00am5:00pm
3:00am6:00pm
4:00am7:00pm
5:00am8:00pm
6:00am9:00pm
7:00am10:00pm
8:00am11:00pm
9:00am12:00am
10:00am1:00am
11:00am2:00am
12:00pm3:00am
1:00pm4:00am
2:00pm5:00am
3:00pm6:00am
4:00pm7:00am
5:00pm8:00am
6:00pm9:00am
7:00pm10:00am
8:00pm11:00am
9:00pm12:00pm
10:00pm1:00pm
11:00pm2:00pm
00:0015:00
01:0016:00
02:0017:00
03:0018:00
04:0019:00
05:0020:00
06:0021:00
07:0022:00
08:0023:00
09:0000:00
10:0001:00
11:0002:00
12:0003:00
13:0004:00
14:0005:00
15:0006:00
16:0007:00
17:0008:00
18:0009:00
19:0010:00
20:0011:00
21:0012:00
22:0013:00
23:0014:00

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

PST Time Zone Geo Map
PST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: 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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PST 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 PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST 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
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
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

Australian Western Standard Time

Offset: AWST is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AWST time zone is Perth in Australia, with about 2.384 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mandurah, Bunbury, Rockingham, Armadale.

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

AWST Time Zone Geo Map
AWST timezone map

AWST 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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for AWST
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects AWST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Perth
  • Australia/West
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time
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