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Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.

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5:30 pm17:30 SLST (UTC+5:30), Oct 13, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 13, 2026

Jaffna is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Jaffna is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Jaffna is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Jaffna correspond to 8:30 pm (previous day) to 4:30 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Jaffna correspond to 7:30 pm (previous day) to 3:30 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Jaffna correspond to 20:30 (previous day) to 04:30 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Jaffna correspond to 19:30 (previous day) to 03:30 in PST.

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

Time Difference

SLST (Sri Lanka Standard Time) is 12 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

Jaffna to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in Jaffna which corresponds to 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in PDT (previous day). Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

5:30 pm17:30 SLST (Sri Lanka Standard Time) (Jaffna, Sri Lanka). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 Jaffna, Sri Lanka / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Jaffna Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
SLST – Sri Lanka Standard Time, UTC+5:30 (no daylight saving time)

Jaffna Facts

Country
Sri Lanka
Alternative Names
Dzafn, Dzafna, Dzhafna, Dżafna, Džafn, Džafna, JAF, Jaffna, Jaffna Town, gu fu na, jafna, jafuna, japeuna, japhana, japhna, japna, yalppanam, Джафна, جافنا, जाफना, ਜਾਫਨਾ, யாழ்ப்பாணம், జాఫ్నా, ജാഫ്ന, යාපනය, ჯაფნა, ジャフナ, 賈夫納, 자프나
Population
169,102
Currency
Rupee (LKR)
Geographic Coordinates
9° 40' N Latitude / 80° 00' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+94

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

Map of the areas on Pacific Standard Time (PST)
PST 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: 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.

123456789101112Start: 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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PST 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 PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
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