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Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.
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This converter uses EASST (UTC−5), as in Easter.

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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 16, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 EASST (UTC-5), Oct 16, 2026

PDT is 2 hours behind EASST.

PST (US winter time, UTC-8) and EAST examples

These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and EAST (UTC-6). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PST is 2 hours behind EAST.

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 EAST. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to EAST.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, PDT is 1 hour behind EAST, PDT is 2 hours behind EASST, or PST is 3 hours behind EASST.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in EAST, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in EASST, or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm in EASST.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in EAST, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in EASST, or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 12:00 to 21:00 in EASST.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 2 hours behind Easter Island Summer Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 7:00 am07:00 in EASST

PDT to EASST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in PDT which corresponds to 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in EASST

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Easter Island Summer Time (EASST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 7:00 am07:00 EASST

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Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: 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

Map of the areas on Pacific Standard Time (PST)
PST part of the year

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).

123456789101112End: 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.

123456789101112Start: 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 USA daylight saving time and 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

Easter Island Standard Time

Offset: EAST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Chile

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAST time zone is Hanga Roa in Chile, with about 7,322 people.

Map of the areas on Easter Island Standard Time (EAST)
EAST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC−5.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Easter Island Summer Time (EASST).

123456789101112End: Easter Island Standard Time (EAST) ended on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 pm22:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Saturday, September 5, 2026, 11:00 pm23:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Saturday of September.

123456789101112Start: Easter Island Standard Time (EAST) starts on Saturday, April 3, 2027 at 10:00 pm22:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, April 3, 2027, 9:00 pm21:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Saturday of April.

See Chile daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for EAST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone