UTC to PDT Converter

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated is 7 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time
So 9:56 AM09:56 in UTC is 2:56 AM02:56 in PDT

9:56 AM09:56 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:56 AM02:56 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

9:56 AM09:56 UTC / 2:56 AM02:56 PDT

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

• Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
• +00 - basic short
• +0000 - basic
• +00:00 - extended

• +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

• Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
• Z - short form of 'Zulu'

• Antarctica/Troll
• UTC

Time zones with the GMT 0:00 h offset:

• EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
• GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
• WET - Western European Time
• AZOST - Azores Summer Time
• UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
• WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
• Z - Zulu Time Zone
• +00 -

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) starts annually the Second Sunday of March at 2:00 AM local time and clocks were set one hour forward on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends annually the First Sunday of November at 2:00 AM local time and clocks are set one hour back on Sunday, November 4, 2018, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

PDT representations, usage and related time zones

• -07 - basic short
• -0700 - basic
• -07:00 - extended

• -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates seven hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

• Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
• T - short form of 'Tango'

• America/Dawson
• America/Ensenada
• America/Los_Angeles
• America/Santa_Isabel
• America/Tijuana
• America/Vancouver
• America/Whitehorse
• Canada/Pacific
• Canada/Yukon
• Mexico/BajaNorte
• PST8PDT
• US/Pacific
• US/Pacific-New

Time zones with the GMT -7:00 h offset:

• MST - Mountain Standard Time
• PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
• T - Tango Time Zone