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PT/PDT
Pacific Time
GMT -7
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9am
12pm
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6pm
9pm
NZDT/NZST
New Zealand Daylight Time
GMT +13
tomorrow
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
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6pm
9pm
New Zealand is on daylight saving time: NZDT (UTC+13) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.

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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 5, 2026 = 1:00 am01:00 NZDT (UTC+13), Oct 6, 2026

PDT is 20 hours behind NZDT.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, PT is 19 hours behind NZST, PT is 20 hours behind NZDT, or PT is 21 hours behind NZDT.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 4:00 am (next day) to 12:00 pm (next day) in NZST, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 5:00 am (next day) to 1:00 pm (next day) in NZDT, or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 6:00 am (next day) to 2:00 pm (next day) in NZDT.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 04:00 (next day) to 12:00 (next day) in NZST, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 05:00 (next day) to 13:00 (next day) in NZDT, or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 06:00 (next day) to 14:00 (next day) in NZDT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 20 hours behind New Zealand Daylight Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 1:00 am01:00 in NZDT

PDT to NZDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm13:00-17:00 in PDT which corresponds to 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in NZDT (next day)

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 1:00 am01:00 NZDT

PTNZDT
12:00am8:00pm
1:00am9:00pm
2:00am10:00pm
3:00am11:00pm
4:00am12:00am
5:00am1:00am
6:00am2:00am
7:00am3:00am
8:00am4:00am
9:00am5:00am
10:00am6:00am
11:00am7:00am
12:00pm8:00am
1:00pm9:00am
2:00pm10:00am
3:00pm11:00am
4:00pm12:00pm
5:00pm1:00pm
6:00pm2:00pm
7:00pm3:00pm
8:00pm4:00pm
9:00pm5:00pm
10:00pm6:00pm
11:00pm7:00pm
00:0020:00
01:0021:00
02:0022:00
03:0023:00
04:0000:00
05:0001:00
06:0002:00
07:0003:00
08:0004:00
09:0005:00
10:0006:00
11:0007:00
12:0008:00
13:0009:00
14:0010:00
15:0011:00
16:0012:00
17:0013:00
18:0014:00
19:0015:00
20:0016:00
21:0017:00
22:0018:00
23:0019:00

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

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

New Zealand Standard Time

Offset: NZST is 12 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, New Zealand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZST time zone is Auckland in New Zealand, with about 1.547 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga.

NZST Time Zone Geo Map
NZST timezone map

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

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ended on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) starts on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

NZST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +12 - basic short
  • +1200 - basic
  • +12:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Mike - Military abbreviation for NZST
  • M - short form of 'Mike'
IANA/Olson: Reflects NZST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Antarctica/McMurdo
  • Antarctica/South_Pole
  • NZ
  • Pacific/Auckland
Time zones with the GMT +12 offset:
  • ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
  • ANAT - Anadyr Time
  • FJT - Fiji Time
  • GILT - Gilbert Island Time
  • M - Mike Time Zone
  • MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
  • MHT - Marshall Islands Time
  • NRT - Nauru Time
  • NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
  • PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
  • TVT - Tuvalu Time
  • WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time