PT to EST Converter
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
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Selected conversion
5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 8, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 8, 2026
PDT is 3 hours behind EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PT is 3 hours behind EDT. At other times of the year, PT is 3 hours behind EST. Briefly around clock changes, PT is 2 hours behind EST or PT is 4 hours behind EDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in EST.
Compare PT time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Daylight Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
PDT to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in PDT which corresponds to 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in EDT
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
| PT | EDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 3:00am |
| 1:00am | 4:00am |
| 2:00am | 5:00am |
| 3:00am | 6:00am |
| 4:00am | 7:00am |
| 5:00am | 8:00am |
| 6:00am | 9:00am |
| 7:00am | 10:00am |
| 8:00am | 11:00am |
| 9:00am | 12:00pm |
| 10:00am | 1:00pm |
| 11:00am | 2:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 12:00am |
| 10:00pm | 1:00am |
| 11:00pm | 2:00am |
| 00:00 | 03:00 |
| 01:00 | 04:00 |
| 02:00 | 05:00 |
| 03:00 | 06:00 |
| 04:00 | 07:00 |
| 05:00 | 08:00 |
| 06:00 | 09:00 |
| 07:00 | 10:00 |
| 08:00 | 11:00 |
| 09:00 | 12:00 |
| 10:00 | 13:00 |
| 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 12:00 | 15:00 |
| 13:00 | 16:00 |
| 14:00 | 17:00 |
| 15:00 | 18:00 |
| 16:00 | 19:00 |
| 17:00 | 20:00 |
| 18:00 | 21:00 |
| 19:00 | 22:00 |
| 20:00 | 23:00 |
| 21:00 | 00:00 |
| 22:00 | 01:00 |
| 23:00 | 02:00 |
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
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) 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: Eastern Standard Time (EST) 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.
EST 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 west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone