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PT/PDT
Pacific Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
GST
Gulf Standard Time
GMT +4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 6, 2026 = 4:00 pm16:00 GST (UTC+4), Oct 6, 2026

PDT is 11 hours behind GST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PT is 11 hours behind GST. At other times of the year, PT is 12 hours behind GST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 8:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in GST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 9:00 pm to 5:00 am (next day) in GST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 20:00 to 04:00 (next day) in GST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 21:00 to 05:00 (next day) in GST.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 11 hours behind Gulf Standard Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 4:00 pm16:00 in GST

PDT to GST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in PDT which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in GST

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST). Offset UTC +4:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 4:00 pm16:00 GST

PTGST
12:00am11:00am
1:00am12:00pm
2:00am1:00pm
3:00am2:00pm
4:00am3:00pm
5:00am4:00pm
6:00am5:00pm
7:00am6:00pm
8:00am7:00pm
9:00am8:00pm
10:00am9:00pm
11:00am10:00pm
12:00pm11:00pm
1:00pm12:00am
2:00pm1:00am
3:00pm2:00am
4:00pm3:00am
5:00pm4:00am
6:00pm5:00am
7:00pm6:00am
8:00pm7:00am
9:00pm8:00am
10:00pm9:00am
11:00pm10:00am
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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 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

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

Gulf Standard Time

Offset: GST is 4 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: United Arab Emirates

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GST time zone is Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with about 3.79 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Gulf Standard Time (GST) do not change for daylight saving time, so GST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

GST Time Zone Geo Map
GST timezone map

GST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for GST
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
  • MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
  • SAMT - Samara Time
  • AMT - Armenia Time
  • AZT - Azerbaijan Time
  • D - Delta Time Zone
  • GET - Georgia Standard Time
  • GST - Gulf Standard Time
  • MUT - Mauritius Time
  • RET - Reunion Time
  • SCT - Seychelles Time