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PDT/PST

Pacific Daylight Time

UTC−7

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.

Use PST all year (UTC−8)

NZDT/NZST

New Zealand Daylight Time

UTC+13

tomorrow

20h ahead

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

New Zealand is on daylight saving time: NZDT (UTC+13) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.

Use NZST all year (UTC+12)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026 = 1:00 am01:00 NZDT (UTC+13), Oct 19, 2026

PDT is 20 hours behind NZDT.

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

These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and NZST (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 NZST.

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

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, PDT is 19 hours behind NZST, PDT is 20 hours behind NZDT, or PST is 21 hours behind NZDT.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 4:00 am (next day) to 1:00 pm (next day) in NZST, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 5:00 am (next day) to 2:00 pm (next day) in NZDT, or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 6:00 am (next day) to 3:00 pm (next day) in NZDT.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 04:00 (next day) to 13:00 (next day) in NZST, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 05:00 (next day) to 14:00 (next day) in NZDT, or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 06:00 (next day) to 15:00 (next day) in NZDT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 20 hours behind New Zealand Daylight Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 1:00 am01:00 in NZDT

PDT to NZDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-6pm13:00-18:00 in PDT which corresponds to 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in NZDT (next day)

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 1:00 am01:00 NZDT

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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

Map of the areas on Pacific Standard Time (PST) — PST part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

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

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

New Zealand Standard Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, New Zealand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZST time zone is Auckland in New Zealand, with about 1.547 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga.

Map of the areas on New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) — NZST part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC+13 (NZDT).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).

End: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ended on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.

Start: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) starts on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

See New Zealand daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

NZST representations, usage and related time zones