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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 12, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 AZOST (UTC+0), Oct 12, 2026

PDT is 7 hours behind AZOST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PT is 7 hours behind AZOST. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, PT is 6 hours behind AZOT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PT is 7 hours behind AZOT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in AZOT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in AZOT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 16:00 to 00:00 (next day) in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 16:00 to 00:00 (next day) in AZOT or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in AZOT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 7 hours behind Azores Summer Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in AZOST

PDT to AZOST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in PDT which corresponds to 4pm-5pm16:00-17:00 in AZOST

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Azores Summer Time (AZOST). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 12:00 pm12:00 AZOST

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Pacific Time

Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in the United States and Canada. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.

Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT 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

PT 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 PT
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
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

Azores Summer Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AZOST time zone is Ponta Delgada in Portugal, with about 20,056 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lagoa, Angra do Heroísmo, Rabo de Peixe, Horta.

Map of the areas on Azores Summer Time (AZOST)
AZOST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on AZOST.

Daylight Saving: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Azores Time (AZOT).

123456789101112Start: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

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AZOST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for AZOST
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone