UTC to PST Converter (UTC to Pacific Time)

Mid-January 2026: PST is 8 hours behind UTC. Mid-July 2026: PDT is 7 hours behind UTC.

Subtract 8 hours from UTC for Pacific Standard Time, or 7 hours while Pacific Daylight Time is in force. So 17:00 UTC is 9:00 a.m. PST in January and 10:00 a.m. PDT in July. The calculation often crosses midnight: a UTC time before 8:00 is on the previous date in California.

The direction suits readers who receive times in UTC and want to know the local effect: a gamer or viewer waiting for a worldwide launch, a freelancer reading a client's brief written in UTC, or a student in Los Angeles checking an online exam time posted by a university abroad.

How to use this tool

1. Pick a date and time in UTC. The date matters when daylight saving time is in force.
2. Read the matching time in PST, with both UTC offsets.
3. Use "Use current time" for now, or the tables below for a quick look.

Formula

PST time = UTC time − (UTC UTC offset) + (PST UTC offset)

The converter looks up both UTC offsets for the actual instant in the saved IANA time zone rules, so daylight saving changes are included automatically.

Example

Worked with the saved rules:

9:00 AM UTC on March 2, 2026 = 1:00 AM PST

6:30 PM UTC on August 3, 2026 = 11:30 AM PDT

Time difference through the year

The difference depends on the date when either place moves its clocks. These are the offsets on two reference days, from the saved IANA rules:

Clock changes in 2026

Between these dates the difference shifts by the size of the change.

UTC to PST time table

Each hour in Coordinated Universal Time with the matching Pacific Time time in winter and summer (reference days in January and July).

PST to UTC time table

Each hour in Pacific Time with the matching Coordinated Universal Time time in winter and summer (reference days in January and July).

Hours that work in both places

Hours (on the January reference day) that fall between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM in both UTC and PST:

Check the summer column above when one of the places is on daylight saving time.

Global launches and live events

Worldwide releases are often fixed to a UTC time. A launch scheduled for 17:00 UTC starts at 9:00 a.m. in California in winter, but 10:00 a.m. in summer. Viewers on the West Coast therefore get a morning release in both seasons, as a result of the clock.

If the announcement gives only a date and no zone, the date can mean different days in different places. A release on the 15th at 00:00 UTC arrives on the evening of the 14th in California.

Working with colleagues who use UTC

Remote teams that publish a rota in UTC leave the Californian members to subtract the offset. Seattle staff working a 15:00 to 23:00 UTC shift would be at their desks from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in winter.

The official US clock at time.gov, run by NIST and the U.S. Naval Observatory, is a handy cross-check for any manual calculation.