PST to PKT 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 10, 2026 = 5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Oct 10, 2026
PDT is 12 hours behind PKT.
PST and PKT examples
These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and PKT (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 PKT.
PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to PKT. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to PKT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 12 hours behind PKT. At other times of the year, PST is 13 hours behind PKT.
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 PKT. 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 PKT.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 PKT. 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 PKT.
Compare PST time with PKT 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 Pakistan Standard Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 5:00 pm17:00 in PKT
PDT to PKT 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 PKT
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 5:00 pm17:00 PKT
| PDT | PKT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 12:00pm |
| 1:00am | 1:00pm |
| 2:00am | 2:00pm |
| 3:00am | 3:00pm |
| 4:00am | 4:00pm |
| 5:00am | 5:00pm |
| 6:00am | 6:00pm |
| 7:00am | 7:00pm |
| 8:00am | 8:00pm |
| 9:00am | 9:00pm |
| 10:00am | 10:00pm |
| 11:00am | 11:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 12:00am |
| 1:00pm | 1:00am |
| 2:00pm | 2:00am |
| 3:00pm | 3:00am |
| 4:00pm | 4:00am |
| 5:00pm | 5:00am |
| 6:00pm | 6:00am |
| 7:00pm | 7:00am |
| 8:00pm | 8:00am |
| 9:00pm | 9:00am |
| 10:00pm | 10:00am |
| 11:00pm | 11:00am |
| 00:00 | 12:00 |
| 01:00 | 13:00 |
| 02:00 | 14:00 |
| 03:00 | 15:00 |
| 04:00 | 16:00 |
| 05:00 | 17:00 |
| 06:00 | 18:00 |
| 07:00 | 19:00 |
| 08:00 | 20:00 |
| 09:00 | 21:00 |
| 10:00 | 22:00 |
| 11:00 | 23:00 |
| 12:00 | 00:00 |
| 13:00 | 01:00 |
| 14:00 | 02:00 |
| 15:00 | 03:00 |
| 16:00 | 04:00 |
| 17:00 | 05:00 |
| 18:00 | 06:00 |
| 19:00 | 07:00 |
| 20:00 | 08:00 |
| 21:00 | 09:00 |
| 22:00 | 10:00 |
| 23:00 | 11:00 |
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
Pakistan Standard Time
Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Pakistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PKT time zone is Lahore in Pakistan, with about 13.004 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Karachi, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
PKT 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 PKT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- Asia/Karachi
- 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