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SST
Samoa Standard Time
GMT -11
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
PDT/PST
Pacific Daylight Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.

Quick answers

Selected conversion

1:00 am01:00 SST (UTC-11), Oct 5, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 5, 2026

SST is 4 hours behind PDT.

SST and PST examples

These examples always use SST (UTC-11) 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.

SST is 3 hours behind PST.

PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use SST to PT. For daylight-time examples, use SST to PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, SST is 4 hours behind PDT. At other times of the year, SST is 3 hours behind PST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SST correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SST correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in SST correspond to 13:00 to 21:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in SST correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in PST.

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

Time Difference

Samoa Standard Time is 4 hours behind Pacific Daylight Time.
1:00 am01:00 in SST is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

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

1:00 am01:00 Samoa Standard Time (SST). Offset UTC -11:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

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

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

Samoa Standard Time

Offset: SST is 11 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Samoa (American), US minor outlying islands

Principal Cities: The largest city in the SST time zone is Pago Pago in American Samoa, with about 11,500 people.

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

SST Time Zone Geo Map
SST timezone map

SST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -11 - basic short
  • -1100 - basic
  • -11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -1100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • X-ray - Military abbreviation for SST
  • X - short form of 'X-ray'
IANA/Olson: Reflects SST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Pacific/Midway
  • Pacific/Pago_Pago
  • Pacific/Samoa
  • US/Samoa
Time zones with the GMT -11 offset:
  • NUT - Niue Time
  • SST - Samoa Standard Time
  • X - X-ray Time Zone

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

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

PST Time Zone Geo Map
PST 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 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: 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