PST to UTC to UTC to PST (2024)

PDT/PST

Pacific Daylight Time

GMT -7

PST automatically adjusted to PDT time zone, that is in use

UTC

Universal Time Coordinated

GMT +0

PDT/PST

Pacific Daylight Time

GMT -7

PST automatically adjusted to PDT time zone, that is in use

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 7 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 7 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 0 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time
9:30 am09:30 in PDT is 4:30 pm16:30 in UTC and is 4:30 pm16:30 in UTC and is 9:30 am09:30 in PDT

PST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-10am in PST which corresponds to 4pm-6pm in UTC
PST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-10am in PST which corresponds to 4pm-6pm in UTC
PST to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-6pm in PST which corresponds to 8am-6pm in PST

9:30 am09:30 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

9:30 am09:30 PDT / 4:30 pm16:30 UTC / 4:30 pm16:30 UTC / 9:30 am09:30 PDT

PDT UTC UTC PDT
12am (midnight) 7am 7am 12am (midnight)
1am 8am 8am 1am
2am 9am 9am 2am
3am 10am 10am 3am
4am 11am 11am 4am
5am 12pm (noon) 12pm (noon) 5am
6am 1pm 1pm 6am
7am 2pm 2pm 7am
8am 3pm 3pm 8am
9am 4pm 4pm 9am
10am 5pm 5pm 10am
11am 6pm 6pm 11am
12pm (noon) 7pm 7pm 12pm (noon)
1pm 8pm 8pm 1pm
2pm 9pm 9pm 2pm
3pm 10pm 10pm 3pm
4pm 11pm 11pm 4pm
5pm 12am (midnight) 12am (midnight) 5pm
6pm 1am 1am 6pm
7pm 2am 2am 7pm
8pm 3am 3am 8pm
9pm 4am 4am 9pm
10pm 5am 5am 10pm
11pm 6am 6am 11pm
0:00 7:00 7:00 0:00
1:00 8:00 8:00 1:00
2:00 9:00 9:00 2:00
3:00 10:00 10:00 3:00
4:00 11:00 11:00 4:00
5:00 12:00 12:00 5:00
6:00 13:00 13:00 6:00
7:00 14:00 14:00 7:00
8:00 15:00 15:00 8:00
9:00 16:00 16:00 9:00
10:00 17:00 17:00 10:00
11:00 18:00 18:00 11:00
12:00 19:00 19:00 12:00
13:00 20:00 20:00 13:00
14:00 21:00 21:00 14:00
15:00 22:00 22:00 15:00
16:00 23:00 23:00 16:00
17:00 0:00 0:00 17:00
18:00 1:00 1:00 18:00
19:00 2:00 2:00 19:00
20:00 3:00 3:00 20:00
21:00 4:00 4:00 21:00
22:00 5:00 5:00 22:00
23:00 6:00 6:00 23:00

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 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 PST 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

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST to UTC to UTC to PST (1)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

PST to UTC to UTC to PST (2)End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

PST to UTC to UTC to PST (3)Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

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 eight hour and zero minutes time differences 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
  • Peru Standard Time - UTC -5
  • Pakistan Standard Time - UTC +5:30

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

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 zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

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

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 zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

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

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 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 PST 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

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST to UTC to UTC to PST (4)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

PST to UTC to UTC to PST (5)End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

PST to UTC to UTC to PST (6)Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

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 eight hour and zero minutes time differences 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
  • Peru Standard Time - UTC -5
  • Pakistan Standard Time - UTC +5:30

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
PST to UTC to UTC to PST (2024)

FAQs

Is UTC 7 or 8 hours ahead of PST? ›

UTC is 8 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (e.g., 0000 UTC is 1600 PST the previous day, while 1200 UTC is 0400 PST the same day), and 7 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time (e.g., 0000 UTC is 1700 PDT the previous day, while 1200 UTC is 0500 PDT the same day).

What is UTC time converted to PST? ›

UTC to PST Chart
UTC TimePST Time
12:00 am UTC (midnight)05:00 pm PST
01:00 am UTC06:00 pm PST
02:00 am UTC07:00 pm PST
03:00 am UTC08:00 pm PST
20 more rows

Is PST UTC 8? ›

Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is in use during standard time in: North America.

What is UTC time now in USA Pacific? ›

Pacific Standard Time (North America) Date and Time Now in Various Formats
Date Time FormatPST Date Time Now
UTC2024-07-03T17:01:05Z
ISO-86012024-07-03T17:01:05+0000
RFC 2822Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:01:05 +0000
RFC 850Wednesday, 03-Jul-24 17:01:05 UTC
13 more rows

Is California UTC 7 or 8? ›

Time Zone Currently Being Used in California
OffsetTime Zone Abbreviation & Name
UTC -7PDTPacific Daylight Time

What is 7 hours behind UTC? ›

UTC−07:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −07:00. In North America, it is observed in the Mountain Time Zone during standard time, and in the Pacific Time Zone during the other eight months (see Daylight saving time).

How do I convert UTC time to my time? ›

Add the local time offset to the UTC time. For example, if your local time offset is -5:00, and if the UTC time is shown as 11:00, add -5 to 11. The time setting when adjusted for offset is 06:00 (6:00 A.M.).

Where is the UTC time zone? ›

The usage of UTC and GMT is based upon a twenty four hour clock, similar to military time, and is based upon the 0° longitude meridian, referred to as the Greenwich meridian in Greenwich, England.

Who uses UTC time? ›

Weather forecasts and maps all use UTC to avoid confusion about time zones and daylight saving time. The International Space Station also uses UTC as a time standard. Amateur radio operators often schedule their radio contacts in UTC, because transmissions on some frequencies can be picked up in many time zones.

What does UTC 8 mean in time? ›

Coordinated Universal Time + 8 hours

UTC +8. now 12 hours ahead of New York. UTC+8 is 13 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 12 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time. UTC+8 does not change between summer time and winter time.

What does UTC mean? ›

What time zone is UTC minus 8? ›

Pacific Time Zone (PT): UTC-08:00 – includes parts of Canada, the western U.S., and western Mexico. California and Washington are fully within PT. Three states are split between the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone, and Alaska is split between the Pacific Time Zone and Alaska Time Zone.

Is PST always 7 hours behind UTC? ›

Pacific Time UTC Offset

Pacific Standard Time is 8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

How to convert pst to UTC? ›

The Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 7 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

How do you convert UTC to Pacific Daylight Time? ›

The Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is 7 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Is UTC 7 the same as PDT? ›

Currently observing PDT – Pacific Daylight Time. Currently has same time zone offset as PDT (UTC -7) but different time zone name. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is 7 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: North America.

Is GMT 7 hours ahead of PST? ›

During DST Pacific Time (PT) is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-7). After the summer months Pacific Time is shifted back by 1 hour to US Pacific Standard Time (PST) or (GMT-8). Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-8).

What timezones are 9 hours ahead of PST? ›

France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Italy all qualify as being six hour ahead of the eastern seaboard and nine hours ahead of the west coast.

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