GMT to PST Converter

Time Difference

Greenwich Mean Time is 8 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time

So 2:17 AM 02:17 in GMT is 6:17 PM 18:17 in PST

2:17 AM 02:17 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

6:17 PM 18:17 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

2:17 AM 02:17 GMT / 6:17 PM 18:17 PST

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Abidjan, Dakar, Grand Dakar, Accra

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

• Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
• +00 - basic short
• +0000 - basic
• +00:00 - extended

• +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.

• Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
• Z - short form of 'Zulu'

• Africa/Abidjan
• Africa/Accra
• Africa/Bamako
• Africa/Banjul
• Africa/Bissau
• Africa/Conakry
• Africa/Dakar
• Africa/Freetown
• Africa/Lome
• Africa/Monrovia
• Africa/Nouakchott
• Africa/Ouagadougou
• Africa/Sao_Tome
• Africa/Timbuktu
• America/Danmarkshavn
• Atlantic/Reykjavik
• Atlantic/St_Helena
• Eire
• Europe/Belfast
• Europe/Dublin
• Europe/Guernsey
• Europe/Isle_of_Man
• Europe/Jersey
• Europe/London
• GB
• GB-Eire
• GMT
• Iceland

Time zones with the GMT 0:00 h 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
• +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

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

Start: PST starts annually the First Sunday of November at 2:00 AM local time and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, November 5, 2017, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: PST ends annually the Second Sunday of March at 2:00 AM local time and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

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

PST representations, usage and related time zones

• -08 - basic short
• -0800 - basic
• -08:00 - extended

• -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.

• Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
• U - short form of 'Uniform'

• America/Dawson
• America/Ensenada
• America/Los_Angeles
• America/Santa_Isabel
• America/Tijuana
• America/Vancouver
• America/Whitehorse
• Canada/Pacific
• Canada/Yukon
• Mexico/BajaNorte
• PST8PDT
• Pacific/Pitcairn
• US/Pacific
• US/Pacific-New

PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

• Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8:00 h
• Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8:00 h

Time zones with the GMT -8:00 h offset:

• AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
• PST - Pacific Standard Time
• YDT - Yukon Daylight Time
• PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
• U - Uniform Time Zone

GMT to PST Converter

• 1am
• 2am
• 3am
• 4am
• 5am
• 6am
• 7am
• 8am
• 9am
• 10am
• 11am
• 12pm
• 1pm
• 2pm
• 3pm
• 4pm
• 5pm
• 6pm
• 7pm
• 8pm
• 9pm
• 10pm
• 11pm

This time zone converter lets you visually and very quickly convert GMT to PST and vice-versa. Simply mouse over the colored hour-tiles and glance at the hours selected by the column. and done!

GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time. PST is known as Pacific Standard Time. PST is 8 hours behind GMT. So, when it is it will be