PST to GFT Converter
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 16, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 GFT (UTC-3), Oct 16, 2026
PDT is 4 hours behind GFT.
PST (US winter time, UTC-8) and GFT examples
These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and GFT (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 5 hours behind GFT.
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 GFT. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to GFT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 4 hours behind GFT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 5 hours behind GFT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm in GFT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in GFT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 13:00 to 22:00 in GFT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in GFT.
Compare PST time with GFT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 4 hours behind French Guiana Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 9:00 am09:00 in GFT
PDT to GFT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in PDT which corresponds to 1pm-6pm13:00-18:00 in GFT
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 French Guiana Time (GFT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 9:00 am09:00 GFT
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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
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.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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
French Guiana Time
Offset: GFT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: French Guiana
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GFT time zone is Cayenne in French Guiana, with about 61,550 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Kourou, Apatou, Grand-Santi.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in French Guiana Time (GFT) do not change for daylight saving time, so GFT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
GFT 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 west of the zero meridian.
- Papa - Military abbreviation for GFT
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - Brasilia Time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- FKT - Falkland Islands Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time