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This converter keeps HNP at UTC−8. Los Angeles uses PDT (UTC−7) on this date. Open the PDT converter, or choose Los Angeles, Tijuana, or San Diego for city-specific time.

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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 27, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 HNP (UTC-8), Oct 27, 2026

PDT is 1 hour ahead of HNP.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PT is 1 hour ahead of HNP. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PT and HNP have the same time.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in HNP. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HNP.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PT correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in HNP. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PT correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in HNP.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 1 hour ahead of Heure Normale du Pacifique.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 4:00 am04:00 in HNP

PDT to HNP call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in PDT which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in HNP

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 4:00 am04:00 HNP

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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 North America. 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 United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico. From November 1, 2026, most of British Columbia in Canada keeps UTC-7 all year instead.

Countries using this time zone: 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

Heure Normale du Pacifique

Offset: HNP is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the HNP 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.

Map of the areas on Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP)
HNP part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).

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).

123456789101112End: Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP) 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.

123456789101112Start: Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP) 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.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

HNP 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 HNP
  • 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