PDT Time Now
The current time at PDT, Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7), with start and end dates and conversions to other zones.
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PDT right now
PDT is Pacific Daylight Time, seven hours behind UTC. It is the West Coast’s summer clock: Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle use it from the second Sunday of March until the first Sunday of November.
When the region is on PST in winter, UTC−7 is the clock of Phoenix and Denver. This page therefore reads like the Mountain winter clock between November and March, which is a handy way to remember the offset: PDT is the same as the Mountain Standard Time of Arizona.
When this page was last built (Friday, November 6, 2026, 12:00 UTC) it was 5:00 AM on Friday in Pacific Daylight Time. The offset for PDT is UTC−7. The live clock above takes over as soon as the page loads and shows the exact current time.
Where PDT is used
PDT is the summer time of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- San Diego
- San Jose
- Seattle
- Portland
- Sacramento
- Las Vegas
- Tijuana
- Oakland
Phoenix, on Mountain Standard Time all year, matches PDT from March to November, so the Arizona capital shows the same time as Los Angeles in summer and the Mountain winter time in winter.
Where PDT shows up
PDT is the label on most summer product launches, earnings calls and keynote talks from West Coast technology companies. A 10 AM PDT keynote starts at 1 PM in New York, 6 PM in London and 10:30 PM in India. If you intend to watch it live from Asia you will usually need to stay up late.
The India gap during PDT is 12 hours 30 minutes, which makes a morning Pacific call a late-evening Indian one. A 7:30 AM PDT stand-up is 8:00 PM in Bengaluru. Teams that do this regularly often rotate the burden between continents, so that both sides share the awkward hour.
In summer the West Coast is three hours behind New York and eight hours behind London, but only when London is also on summer time. The UK and the US change clocks on different weekends, so for roughly three weeks in March and one in October those gaps differ by an hour from the usual figure.
PDT compared with eight other zones
Figures are calculated for Nov 6, 2026 using UTC−7 for PDT. For example, 9:00 AM PDT = 9:30 PM IST. Zones that change their clocks will show a different gap after their next switch.
| Zone | Offset on Nov 6, 2026 | Difference | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| IST (India) | UTC+5:30 | IST is 12 hours 30 minutes ahead of PDT | 9:00 AM PDT = 9:30 PM IST |
| GMT (London) | UTC+0 | GMT is 7 hours ahead of PDT | 9:00 AM PDT = 4:00 PM GMT |
| CET (Paris) | UTC+1 | CET is 8 hours ahead of PDT | 9:00 AM PDT = 5:00 PM CET |
| UTC | UTC+0 | UTC is 7 hours ahead of PDT | 9:00 AM PDT = 4:00 PM UTC |
| PST (Los Angeles) | UTC−8 | PST is 1 hour behind PDT | 9:00 AM PDT = 8:00 AM PST |
| CST (Chicago) | UTC−6 | CST is 1 hour ahead of PDT | 9:00 AM PDT = 10:00 AM CST |
| JST (Tokyo) | UTC+9 | JST is 16 hours ahead of PDT | 9:00 AM PDT = 1:00 AM JST next day |
| AEDT (Sydney) | UTC+11 | AEDT is 18 hours ahead of PDT | 9:00 AM PDT = 3:00 AM AEDT next day |
“next day” and “previous day” mean the other zone is on a different calendar date from PDT at that moment.
PDT, PST and PT: choosing the right label
PDT is for summer only. If an invite for January says “9 AM PDT”, the sender probably means PT, the generic name. Calendar apps handle this correctly when you pick the city, but plain text does not.
Some systems display “PDT” permanently for the Pacific zone because they were set up in summer. A server that logs in PDT all year drifts by an hour from the real Los Angeles wall clock every winter, which is a common source of off-by-one-hour bugs in reports.
The safe alternatives are PT in conversation and UTC−7 or UTC−8 in technical documents. Better still, store event times in UTC and let the reader’s device convert them.
PDT questions answered
What time is it in PDT right now?
The clock above runs at UTC−7. Convert to UTC by adding seven hours, so 9:00 AM PDT is 16:00 UTC.
When does PDT start and end?
The two nearest clock changes are in the daylight saving line on this page. In the US, daylight time starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November.
Is PDT the same as MST?
Numerically yes: both are UTC−7. PDT is the Los Angeles summer time and MST is the Mountain winter time, which Arizona keeps all year.
What is 9 AM PDT in IST?
9:30 PM IST on the same day. India is 12 hours 30 minutes ahead of PDT.
Why does the UK gap change for a few weeks?
The UK moves its clocks on the last Sunday of March and October, while the US moves on the second Sunday of March and first Sunday of November. In between, the gap between London and Los Angeles is seven hours instead of eight.