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Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 12, 2026 = 12:00 am00:00 GILT (UTC+12), Oct 13, 2026

PDT is 19 hours behind GILT.

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

These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and GILT (UTC+12). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PST is 20 hours behind GILT.

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

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 19 hours behind GILT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 20 hours behind GILT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 4:00 am (next day) to 12:00 pm (next day) in GILT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 5:00 am (next day) to 1:00 pm (next day) in GILT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 04:00 (next day) to 12:00 (next day) in GILT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 05:00 (next day) to 13:00 (next day) in GILT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 19 hours behind Gilbert Island Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 12:00 am00:00 in GILT

PDT to GILT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in PDT which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in GILT (next day)

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
12:00 am00:00 Gilbert Island Time (GILT). Offset UTC +12:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 12:00 am00:00 GILT

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Pacific Standard Time

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

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

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 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

Gilbert Island Time

Offset: GILT is 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Kiribati

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GILT time zone is Tarawa in Kiribati, with about 40,311 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Betio Village, Bikenibeu Village, Teaoraereke Village, Bairiki Village.

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

GILT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +12 - basic short
  • +1200 - basic
  • +12:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Mike - Military abbreviation for GILT
  • M - short form of 'Mike'
Time zones with the GMT +12 offset:
  • ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
  • ANAT - Anadyr Time
  • FJT - Fiji Time
  • GILT - Gilbert Island Time
  • M - Mike Time Zone
  • MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
  • MHT - Marshall Islands Time
  • NRT - Nauru Time
  • NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
  • PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
  • TVT - Tuvalu Time
  • WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time