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4:00 am04:00 PT (UTC-8), Nov 2, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 MEZ (UTC+1), Nov 2, 2026

PT is 9 hours behind MEZ.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PT is 9 hours behind MESZ. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PT is 9 hours behind MEZ. From Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, PT is 8 hours behind MEZ.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT correspond to 6:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in MESZ. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT correspond to 6:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in MEZ or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT correspond to 5:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in MEZ.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PT correspond to 18:00 to 03:00 (next day) in MESZ. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PT correspond to 18:00 to 03:00 (next day) in MEZ or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PT correspond to 17:00 to 02:00 (next day) in MEZ.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Time is 9 hours behind Mitteleuropäische Zeit.
4:00 am04:00 in PT is 1:00 pm13:00 in MEZ

PT to MEZ call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in PT which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in MEZ. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

4:00 am04:00 Pacific Time (PT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

4:00 am04:00 PT / 1:00 pm13:00 MEZ

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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

Mitteleuropäische Zeit

Offset: MEZ is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MEZ time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.

Map of the areas on Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ)
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Today all shaded areas are on MEZ.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).

123456789101112Start: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) started on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

123456789101112End: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) ends on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

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MEZ representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for MEZ
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time