SCT to PST Converter
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4:00 pm16:00 SCT (UTC+4), Oct 13, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 13, 2026
SCT is 11 hours ahead of PDT.
SCT and PST (US winter time, UTC-8) examples
These examples always use SCT (UTC+4) and PST (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
SCT is 12 hours ahead of PST.
PST is US Pacific winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year Los Angeles uses PDT (UTC-7), one hour later. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use SCT to PT. For daylight-time examples, use SCT to PDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, SCT is 11 hours ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, SCT is 12 hours ahead of PST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SCT correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 6:00 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SCT correspond to 9:00 pm (previous day) to 5:00 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in SCT correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 06:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in SCT correspond to 21:00 (previous day) to 05:00 in PST.
Compare SCT time with PST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Seychelles Time is 11 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
4:00 pm16:00 in SCT is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT
SCT to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in SCT which corresponds to 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in PDT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
4:00 pm16:00 Seychelles Time (SCT). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 SCT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT
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Seychelles Time
Offset: SCT is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Seychelles
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SCT time zone is Victoria in Seychelles, with about 22,881 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cascade, Perseverance, Baie Sainte Anne, Baie Lazare.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Seychelles Time (SCT) do not change for daylight saving time, so SCT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
SCT representations, usage and related time zones
- +04 - basic short
- +0400 - basic
- +04:00 - extended
- +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.
- Delta - Military abbreviation for SCT
- D - short form of 'Delta'
- 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
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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 3.821 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
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).
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) 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.
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) 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.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -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.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone