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PST to BST 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)
BST
British Summer Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 9, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 9, 2026

PDT is 8 hours behind BST.

PST and BST examples

These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and BST (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PST is 9 hours behind BST.

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

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 8 hours behind BST. At other times of the year, PST is 8 hours behind GMT or PDT is 7 hours behind GMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in GMT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in GMT or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 16:00 to 00:00 (next day) in GMT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 8 hours behind British Summer Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 1:00 pm13:00 in BST

PDT to BST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in PDT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in BST

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 1:00 pm13:00 BST

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

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

British Summer Time

Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier.

BST Time Zone Geo Map
BST timezone map

Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

BST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects BST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • British Summer Time - UTC +1
  • Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
  • Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT