PST to GST Converter
Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.
Quick answers
Selected conversion
5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 6, 2026 = 4:00 pm16:00 GST (UTC+4), Oct 6, 2026
PDT is 11 hours behind GST.
PST and GST examples
These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and GST (UTC+4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PST is 12 hours behind GST.
PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to GST. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to GST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 11 hours behind GST. At other times of the year, PST is 12 hours behind GST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 8:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in GST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 9:00 pm to 5:00 am (next day) in GST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 20:00 to 04:00 (next day) in GST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 21:00 to 05:00 (next day) in GST.
Compare PST time with GST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 11 hours behind Gulf Standard Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 4:00 pm16:00 in GST
PDT to GST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in PDT which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in GST
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 4:00 pm16:00 GST
| PDT | GST |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 11:00am |
| 1:00am | 12:00pm |
| 2:00am | 1:00pm |
| 3:00am | 2:00pm |
| 4:00am | 3:00pm |
| 5:00am | 4:00pm |
| 6:00am | 5:00pm |
| 7:00am | 6:00pm |
| 8:00am | 7:00pm |
| 9:00am | 8:00pm |
| 10:00am | 9:00pm |
| 11:00am | 10:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 12:00am |
| 2:00pm | 1:00am |
| 3:00pm | 2:00am |
| 4:00pm | 3:00am |
| 5:00pm | 4:00am |
| 6:00pm | 5:00am |
| 7:00pm | 6:00am |
| 8:00pm | 7:00am |
| 9:00pm | 8:00am |
| 10:00pm | 9:00am |
| 11:00pm | 10:00am |
| 00:00 | 11:00 |
| 01:00 | 12:00 |
| 02:00 | 13:00 |
| 03:00 | 14:00 |
| 04:00 | 15:00 |
| 05:00 | 16:00 |
| 06:00 | 17:00 |
| 07:00 | 18:00 |
| 08:00 | 19:00 |
| 09:00 | 20:00 |
| 10:00 | 21:00 |
| 11:00 | 22:00 |
| 12:00 | 23:00 |
| 13:00 | 00:00 |
| 14:00 | 01:00 |
| 15:00 | 02:00 |
| 16:00 | 03:00 |
| 17:00 | 04:00 |
| 18:00 | 05:00 |
| 19:00 | 06:00 |
| 20:00 | 07:00 |
| 21:00 | 08:00 |
| 22:00 | 09:00 |
| 23:00 | 10:00 |
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
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.
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
Gulf Standard Time
Offset: GST is 4 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: United Arab Emirates
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GST time zone is Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with about 3.79 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Gulf Standard Time (GST) do not change for daylight saving time, so GST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
GST representations, usage and related time zones
- +04 - basic short
- +0400 - basic
- +04:00 - extended
- +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Delta - Military abbreviation for GST
- D - short form of 'Delta'
- KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
- MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
- SAMT - Samara Time
- AMT - Armenia Time
- AZT - Azerbaijan Time
- D - Delta Time Zone
- GET - Georgia Standard Time
- GST - Gulf Standard Time
- MUT - Mauritius Time
- RET - Reunion Time
- SCT - Seychelles Time