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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.
France
CEST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 3, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 3, 2026

PDT is 9 hours behind Paris.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 9 hours behind Paris. At other times of the year, PST is 9 hours behind Paris or PDT is 8 hours behind Paris.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in Paris. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in Paris or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in Paris.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in Paris. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in Paris or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in Paris.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 9 hours behind CEST (Central European Summer Time).
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 2:00 pm14:00 in Paris, France

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

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) (Paris, France). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 2:00 pm14:00 Paris, France

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

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

Paris Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CEST - Central European Summer Time
CET - Central European Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+2:00 hours during Central European Summer Time, currently in use.
+1:00 hours during Central European Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourSunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 02:00 local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 03:00 local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves backward for one hourSunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 03:00 local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00 local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Paris Facts

Country
France
Alternative Names
Baariis, Bahliz, Ile-de-France, Lungsod ng Paris, Lutece, Lutetia, Lutetia Parisorum, Lutèce, PAR, Pa-ri, Paarys, Palika, Paname, Pantruche, Paraeis, Paras, Pari, Paries, Parigge, Pariggi, Parighji, Parigi, Pariis, Pariisi, Pariizu, Pariižu, Parij, Parijs, Paris, Parisi, Parixe, Pariz, Parize, Parizh, Parizh osh, Parizh', Parizo, Parizs, Pariž, Parys, Paryz, Paryzh, Paryzius, Paryż, Paryžius, Paräis, París, Paríž, Parîs, Parĩ, Parī, Parīze, Paříž, Páras, Párizs, Ville-Lumiere, Ville-Lumière, ba li, barys, pairisa, pali, pari, paris, parys, paryzh, perisa, pryz, pyaris, pyarisa, pyrs, Île-de-France, Παρίσι, Париж, Париж ош, Парижь, Париз, Парис, Парыж, Паріж, Փարիզ, פאריז, פריז, باريس, پارىژ, پاريس, پاریس, پیرس, ܦܐܪܝܣ, पॅरिस, पेरिस, पैरिस, প্যারিস, ਪੈਰਿਸ, પૅરિસ, பாரிஸ், పారిస్, ಪ್ಯಾರಿಸ್, പാരിസ്, ปารีส, ཕ་རི།, ပါရီမြို့, პარიზი, ፓሪስ, ប៉ារីស, パリ, 巴黎, 파리
Population
2,138,551
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
48° 51' N Latitude / 2° 20' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+33