PST to MVT Converter
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 12, 2026 = 5:00 pm17:00 MVT (UTC+5), Oct 12, 2026
PDT is 12 hours behind MVT.
PST (US winter time, UTC-8) and MVT examples
These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and MVT (UTC+5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PST is 13 hours behind MVT.
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 MVT. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to MVT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 12 hours behind MVT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 13 hours behind MVT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 9:00 pm to 5:00 am (next day) in MVT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 10:00 pm to 6:00 am (next day) in MVT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 21:00 to 05:00 (next day) in MVT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 22:00 to 06:00 (next day) in MVT.
Compare PST time with MVT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 12 hours behind Maldives Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 5:00 pm17:00 in MVT
PDT to MVT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in PDT which corresponds to 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in MVT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 Maldives Time (MVT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 5:00 pm17:00 MVT
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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
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.
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
Maldives Time
Offset: MVT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Maldives
Principal Cities: The largest city in the MVT time zone is Male in the Maldives, with about 103,693 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fuvahmulah, Hithadhoo, Kulhudhuffushi, Thinadhoo.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Maldives Time (MVT) do not change for daylight saving time, so MVT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
MVT representations, usage and related time zones
- +05 - basic short
- +0500 - basic
- +05:00 - extended
- +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for MVT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- AMST - Armenia Summer Time
- AQTT - Aqtobe Time
- AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
- E - Echo Time Zone
- MAWT - Mawson Time
- MVT - Maldives Time
- ORAT - Oral Time
- PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
- TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
- TJT - Tajikistan Time
- TMT - Turkmenistan Time
- UZT - Uzbekistan Time
- YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
- HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time