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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 13, 2026 = 5:00 pm17:00 MVT (UTC+5), Oct 13, 2026

PDT is 12 hours behind MVT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PT is 12 hours behind MVT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PT is 13 hours behind MVT.

For most 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 MVT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 10:00 pm to 6:00 am (next day) in MVT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 21:00 to 05:00 (next day) in MVT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 22:00 to 06:00 (next day) in MVT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 12 hours behind Maldives Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 5:00 pm17:00 in MVT

PDT to MVT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in PDT which corresponds to 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in MVT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 Maldives Time (MVT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 5:00 pm17:00 MVT

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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 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

Maldives Time

Offset: MVT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Maldives

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MVT time zone is Male in the Maldives, with about 103,693 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fuvahmulah, Hithadhoo, Kulhudhuffushi, Thinadhoo.

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

MVT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +05 - basic short
  • +0500 - basic
  • +05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Echo - Military abbreviation for MVT
  • E - short form of 'Echo'
Time zones with the GMT +5 offset:
  • AMST - Armenia Summer Time
  • AQTT - Aqtobe Time
  • AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
  • E - Echo Time Zone
  • MAWT - Mawson Time
  • MVT - Maldives Time
  • ORAT - Oral Time
  • PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
  • TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
  • TJT - Tajikistan Time
  • TMT - Turkmenistan Time
  • UZT - Uzbekistan Time
  • YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
  • HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time