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Portugal is on summer time: WEST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.
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1:00 pm13:00 WEST (UTC+1), Oct 14, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 14, 2026

WEST is 8 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, WEST is 8 hours ahead of PT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, WET is 7 hours ahead of PT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, WET is 8 hours ahead of PT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WEST correspond to 1:00 am to 9:00 am in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WET correspond to 1:00 am to 9:00 am in PT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WET correspond to 2:00 am to 10:00 am in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WEST correspond to 01:00 to 09:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WET correspond to 01:00 to 09:00 in PT or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WET correspond to 02:00 to 10:00 in PT.

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

Time Difference

Western European Summer Time is 8 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in WEST is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

WEST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in WEST which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in PDT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

1:00 pm13:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 WEST / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Western European Time

Offset: WET is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Spain, Faroe Islands, Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WET time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.

German: WEZ - Westeuropäische Zeit

Map of the areas on Western European Time (WET)
WET part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+1 (WEST).

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Western European Summer Time (WEST).

123456789101112End: Western European Time (WET) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Western European Time (WET) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WET 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 WET
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects WET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Atlantic/Canary
  • Atlantic/Faeroe
  • Atlantic/Faroe
  • Atlantic/Madeira
  • Europe/Lisbon
  • Portugal
  • WET
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 - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Pacific Time

Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in the United States and Canada. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.

Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT 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

PT 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 PT
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
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