PT to CAT Converter
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5:00 am PDT (UTC-7), Oct 3, 2026 = 2:00 pm CAT (UTC+2), Oct 3, 202605:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 3, 2026 = 14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 3, 2026
PDT is 9 hours behind CAT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PT is 9 hours behind CAT. At other times of the year, PT is 10 hours behind CAT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in CAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 7:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in CAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in CAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 19:00 to 03:00 (next day) in CAT.
Compare PT time with CAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 9 hours behind Central Africa Time
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 2:00 pm14:00 in CAT
PDT to CAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in PDT which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in CAT
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 2:00 pm14:00 CAT
| PT | CAT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9am |
| 1am | 10am |
| 2am | 11am |
| 3am | 12pm (noon) |
| 4am | 1pm |
| 5am | 2pm |
| 6am | 3pm |
| 7am | 4pm |
| 8am | 5pm |
| 9am | 6pm |
| 10am | 7pm |
| 11am | 8pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 9pm |
| 1pm | 10pm |
| 2pm | 11pm |
| 3pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 4pm | 1am |
| 5pm | 2am |
| 6pm | 3am |
| 7pm | 4am |
| 8pm | 5am |
| 9pm | 6am |
| 10pm | 7am |
| 11pm | 8am |
| 00:00 | 09:00 |
| 01:00 | 10:00 |
| 02:00 | 11:00 |
| 03:00 | 12:00 |
| 04:00 | 13:00 |
| 05:00 | 14:00 |
| 06:00 | 15:00 |
| 07:00 | 16:00 |
| 08:00 | 17:00 |
| 09:00 | 18:00 |
| 10:00 | 19:00 |
| 11:00 | 20:00 |
| 12:00 | 21:00 |
| 13:00 | 22:00 |
| 14:00 | 23:00 |
| 15:00 | 00:00 |
| 16:00 | 01:00 |
| 17:00 | 02:00 |
| 18:00 | 03:00 |
| 19:00 | 04:00 |
| 20:00 | 05:00 |
| 21:00 | 06:00 |
| 22:00 | 07:00 |
| 23:00 | 08:00 |
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 PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
PT 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 PT
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
Central Africa Time
Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries using this time zone: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Lubumbashi in Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2.222 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lusaka, Mbuji Mayi, Khartoum, Omdurman.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Central Africa Time (CAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CAT representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Blantyre
- Africa/Bujumbura
- Africa/Gaborone
- Africa/Harare
- Africa/Juba
- Africa/Khartoum
- Africa/Kigali
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Africa/Lusaka
- Africa/Maputo
- Africa/Windhoek
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time
