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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)

WEST/WET

Western European Summer Time

UTC+1

8h ahead

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

Portugal is on summer time: WEST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.

Use WET all year (UTC+0)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 15, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 WEST (UTC+1), Oct 15, 2026

PDT is 8 hours behind WEST.

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

These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and WET (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PST is 8 hours behind WET.

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 WET. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to WEST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 8 hours behind WEST. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, PDT is 7 hours behind WET. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 8 hours behind WET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 5:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in WET or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in WET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 17:00 to 02:00 (next day) in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 17:00 to 02:00 (next day) in WET or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 16:00 to 01:00 (next day) in WET.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 8 hours behind Western European Summer Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 1:00 pm13:00 in WEST

PDT to WEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in PDT which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in WEST

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 1:00 pm13:00 WEST

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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

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.

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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

Western European Time

Offset: WET is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Spain, Faroe Islands, Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WET time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.

German: WEZ - Westeuropäische Zeit

Map of the areas on Western European Time (WET) — WET part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC+1 (WEST).
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 Western European Summer Time (WEST).

End: Western European Time (WET) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

Start: Western European Time (WET) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WET representations, usage and related time zones