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UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
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PHT
Philippine Time
GMT +8
12am
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Quick answers

Selected conversion

12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 11, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 PHT (UTC+8), Oct 11, 2026

UTC is 8 hours behind PHT.

UTC and PHT examples

These examples always use UTC (UTC+0) and PHT (UTC+8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

UTC is 8 hours behind PHT.

Popular UTC to PHT conversions

Popular UTC to PHT time conversions
UTCUTC 24-hourPHTPHT 24-hour
3:00 pm15:0011:00 pm23:00

How the time difference changes

UTC is 8 hours behind PHT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in PHT.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in PHT.

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

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated is 8 hours behind Philippine Time.
12:00 pm12:00 in UTC is 8:00 pm20:00 in PHT

UTC to PHT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in UTC which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in PHT

12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Philippine Time (PHT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 8:00 pm20:00 PHT

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

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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 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

Philippine Time

Offset: PHT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Philippines

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PHT time zone is Quezon City in Philippines, with about 3.084 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Davao, Manila, Budta, Malingao.

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

PHT Time Zone Geo Map
PHT timezone map

PHT 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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for PHT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time