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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.
MSK
Moscow Standard Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 4, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 MSK (UTC+3), Oct 4, 2026

PDT is 10 hours behind MSK.

PST and MSK examples

These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and MSK (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 11 hours behind MSK.

PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to MSK. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to MSK.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 10 hours behind MSK. At other times of the year, PST is 11 hours behind MSK.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 7:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in MSK. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 8:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in MSK.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 19:00 to 03:00 (next day) in MSK. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 20:00 to 04:00 (next day) in MSK.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 10 hours behind Moscow Standard Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 3:00 pm15:00 in MSK

PDT to MSK call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in PDT which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in MSK

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 3:00 pm15:00 MSK

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

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

Moscow Standard Time

Offset: MSK is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Russia, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MSK time zone is Moscow in Russia, with about 10.381 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov na Donu.

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

MSK Time Zone Geo Map
MSK timezone map

MSK representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for MSK
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MSK time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Kirov
  • Europe/Moscow
  • Europe/Simferopol
  • Europe/Volgograd
  • W-SU
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time