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PDT: Pacific Daylight Time

PDT is UTC−7: 7 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. The US West Coast and British Columbia from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November.

Current time at UTC−7
PDT7:08 AMThu, Oct 22
UTC2:08 PMThu, Oct 22

Calculated from your device clock. Shown at the fixed PDT offset, whether or not a particular place is using it today.

Is PDT in use right now?

Los Angeles switches between PDT and PST during the year.

Next change in Los Angeles: Sunday, November 1, 2026, to UTC−8 (PST). Based on time zone rules at build time.

Full name
Pacific Daylight Time
UTC offset
UTC−7ISO 8601: -07:00
Type
Daylight (summer) time
Winter counterpart
PST · UTC−8
Example IANA zone
America/Los_Angeles

Where and when PDT is used in 2026

Calculated for the cities in our directory from the IANA time zone database. Dates are local; each change happens in the early morning of the date shown.

CityIANA zoneOn PDT (UTC−7)
Los AngelesAmerica/Los_AngelesMar 8 – Nov 1
San FranciscoAmerica/Los_AngelesMar 8 – Nov 1
SeattleAmerica/Los_AngelesMar 8 – Nov 1
VancouverAmerica/VancouverMar 8 – Dec 31

PDT conversion table

Every hour of the day in PDT, converted at fixed offsets. To convert local time in a specific city, use the city instead: its offset may change with the date.

PDT (UTC−7)UTC (UTC+0)EDT (UTC−4)BST (UTC+1)CEST (UTC+2)IST (UTC+5:30)JST (UTC+9)
12:00 AM7:00 AM3:00 AM8:00 AM9:00 AM12:30 PM4:00 PM
1:00 AM8:00 AM4:00 AM9:00 AM10:00 AM1:30 PM5:00 PM
2:00 AM9:00 AM5:00 AM10:00 AM11:00 AM2:30 PM6:00 PM
3:00 AM10:00 AM6:00 AM11:00 AM12:00 PM3:30 PM7:00 PM
4:00 AM11:00 AM7:00 AM12:00 PM1:00 PM4:30 PM8:00 PM
5:00 AM12:00 PM8:00 AM1:00 PM2:00 PM5:30 PM9:00 PM
6:00 AM1:00 PM9:00 AM2:00 PM3:00 PM6:30 PM10:00 PM
7:00 AM2:00 PM10:00 AM3:00 PM4:00 PM7:30 PM11:00 PM
8:00 AM3:00 PM11:00 AM4:00 PM5:00 PM8:30 PM12:00 AMnext day
9:00 AM4:00 PM12:00 PM5:00 PM6:00 PM9:30 PM1:00 AMnext day
10:00 AM5:00 PM1:00 PM6:00 PM7:00 PM10:30 PM2:00 AMnext day
11:00 AM6:00 PM2:00 PM7:00 PM8:00 PM11:30 PM3:00 AMnext day
12:00 PM7:00 PM3:00 PM8:00 PM9:00 PM12:30 AMnext day4:00 AMnext day
1:00 PM8:00 PM4:00 PM9:00 PM10:00 PM1:30 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day
2:00 PM9:00 PM5:00 PM10:00 PM11:00 PM2:30 AMnext day6:00 AMnext day
3:00 PM10:00 PM6:00 PM11:00 PM12:00 AMnext day3:30 AMnext day7:00 AMnext day
4:00 PM11:00 PM7:00 PM12:00 AMnext day1:00 AMnext day4:30 AMnext day8:00 AMnext day
5:00 PM12:00 AMnext day8:00 PM1:00 AMnext day2:00 AMnext day5:30 AMnext day9:00 AMnext day
6:00 PM1:00 AMnext day9:00 PM2:00 AMnext day3:00 AMnext day6:30 AMnext day10:00 AMnext day
7:00 PM2:00 AMnext day10:00 PM3:00 AMnext day4:00 AMnext day7:30 AMnext day11:00 AMnext day
8:00 PM3:00 AMnext day11:00 PM4:00 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day8:30 AMnext day12:00 PMnext day
9:00 PM4:00 AMnext day12:00 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day6:00 AMnext day9:30 AMnext day1:00 PMnext day
10:00 PM5:00 AMnext day1:00 AMnext day6:00 AMnext day7:00 AMnext day10:30 AMnext day2:00 PMnext day
11:00 PM6:00 AMnext day2:00 AMnext day7:00 AMnext day8:00 AMnext day11:30 AMnext day3:00 PMnext day

Highlighted rows: 9 am – 5 pm in PDT.

What to know about PDT

PDT is UTC−7, the same offset Phoenix keeps all year on MST.

Pacific clocks change at 2:00 am local time, three hours after the East Coast, so for those three hours New York and Los Angeles are briefly two or four hours apart.

Read more about why abbreviations need context and how daylight saving changes offsets.

Popular conversions

Local time in cities that use PDT

Other time zone abbreviations

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UTCCoordinated Universal TimeUTC+0GMTGreenwich Mean TimeUTC+0BSTBritish Summer TimeUTC+1CETCentral European TimeUTC+1CESTCentral European Summer TimeUTC+2ESTEastern Standard TimeUTC−5EDTEastern Daylight TimeUTC−4CSTCentral Standard Time (North America)UTC−6CDTCentral Daylight TimeUTC−5MSTMountain Standard TimeUTC−7PSTPacific Standard TimeUTC−8ISTIndia Standard TimeUTC+5:30JSTJapan Standard TimeUTC+9SGTSingapore TimeUTC+8GSTGulf Standard TimeUTC+4AESTAustralian Eastern Standard TimeUTC+10AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight TimeUTC+11