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PHT Time Now

The current time in PHT, Philippine Time (UTC+8), with a live clock, no-DST status and conversions to other zones.

Philippine Time (PHT)
UTC+8 · Philippine Standard Time
8:00 PM
Fri, Nov 6 · build snapshot
 
Daylight saving: this zone never observes DST.
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UTC offset
UTC+8
Philippine Time, fixed for the abbreviation PHT
Daylight saving
Never
No clock changes in 2026 or 2027
Next clock change
None
No clock changes, ever
Noon PHT in IST
9:30 AM
IST is 2 hours 30 minutes behind PHT, as of Nov 6, 2026

PHT right now

PHT is Philippine Time, eight hours ahead of UTC. The Philippines uses a single time across its more than 7,000 islands and has no daylight saving, although the country experimented with it in 1990 and earlier years.

The same offset is used in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing and Perth, so the time on this page matches all of them. It is also the clock of the large Filipino call-centre industry, which works to US hours at night.

When this page was last built (Friday, November 6, 2026, 12:00 UTC) it was 8:00 PM on Friday in Philippine Time. The offset for PHT is UTC+8. The live clock above takes over as soon as the page loads and shows the exact current time.

Daylight saving. Philippine Time never observes daylight saving time, so the offset stays UTC+8 every day of the year and no clock change is coming in 2026 or 2027.

Where PHT is used

PHT is used across the Philippines.

  • Manila
  • Quezon City
  • Cebu City
  • Davao
  • Makati
  • Taguig
  • Pasig
  • Baguio
  • Iloilo
  • Zamboanga

The Philippine Statistics Authority and the national weather agency PAGASA publish in local time, which they call PST. International sources more often write PHT to avoid the clash with Pacific Standard Time.

PHT for BPO, remote work and travel

The Philippines is one of the world’s main outsourcing hubs, and shifts are scheduled around the US and UK clocks. A 9 AM PST office hour in California is 1:00 AM the next day in Manila, so US-facing agents work through the Philippine night. The gap is 16 hours in winter and 15 hours in summer.

For India, Manila is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead. For Australia, Sydney is 2 hours ahead in winter and 3 hours ahead in summer. Travellers from the Gulf will find Manila 4 hours ahead of Dubai. Overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East often call home in the Dubai evening, which is the Manila night.

Banks and government offices in the Philippines run from about 8 AM to 5 PM PHT, and deadlines for filings, remittances and exam results follow the local date. For overseas applicants, a deadline of “midnight PHT” is 4 PM UTC the same day, or 8 AM Pacific time.

PHT compared with eight other zones

Figures are calculated for Nov 6, 2026 using UTC+8 for PHT. For example, 9:00 AM PHT = 6:30 AM IST. Zones that change their clocks will show a different gap after their next switch.

ZoneOffset on Nov 6, 2026DifferenceExample
IST (India)UTC+5:30IST is 2 hours 30 minutes behind PHT9:00 AM PHT = 6:30 AM IST
GMT (London)UTC+0GMT is 8 hours behind PHT9:00 AM PHT = 1:00 AM GMT
CET (Paris)UTC+1CET is 7 hours behind PHT9:00 AM PHT = 2:00 AM CET
UTCUTC+0UTC is 8 hours behind PHT9:00 AM PHT = 1:00 AM UTC
PST (Los Angeles)UTC−8PST is 16 hours behind PHT9:00 AM PHT = 5:00 PM PST previous day
CST (Chicago)UTC−6CST is 14 hours behind PHT9:00 AM PHT = 7:00 PM CST previous day
JST (Tokyo)UTC+9JST is 1 hour ahead of PHT9:00 AM PHT = 10:00 AM JST
AEDT (Sydney)UTC+11AEDT is 3 hours ahead of PHT9:00 AM PHT = 12:00 PM AEDT

“next day” and “previous day” mean the other zone is on a different calendar date from PHT at that moment.

PHT, PST and PHST

Within the Philippines the official abbreviation is PST, Philippine Standard Time. Internationally this clashes with Pacific Standard Time, UTC−8, which is 16 hours behind. A message that says “9 PM PST” is therefore either 9 PM in Manila or 9 PM in Los Angeles, a difference of two thirds of a day.

PHT is the form used by most international tools, and PHST is a historical abbreviation for the 1990 summer time. If you receive an invitation marked PST from the Philippines, ask for the city.

Using the city name, “Manila time”, or the offset UTC+8, avoids the problem completely.

PHT questions answered

What time is it in PHT right now?

The live clock shows UTC+8. Subtract eight hours from PHT to get UTC, so 8 PM PHT is 12:00 UTC.

Does the Philippines have daylight saving?

No. The Philippines stays on PHT all year.

Is PHT the same as PST?

In the Philippines, PST means Philippine Standard Time, the same as PHT. In the US, PST is Pacific Standard Time and is 16 hours behind.

How far is Manila from India?

Manila is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of India.

What is 9 AM PHT in New York?

8:00 PM the previous day in New York in winter and 9:00 PM in summer.