North American time zones:

PDT – Pacific Daylight Time

Time zone offset: UTC - 7 hours

Note that PDT is a daylight saving time/summer time zone. It is generally only used during the summer in the places listed below, during the winter PST is used instead

Time zone abbreviations: PDT, HAP

Email time zone indicator: -0700

An email sent from someone in the PDT time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0700" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0700" does not have to be in PDT, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

Where and when is PDT observed?

PDT is used in the summer in these US states (PST during winter)

• California
• Idaho - western counties
  Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone and north part of Idaho
• Nevada
• Oregon - except most of Malheur county
• Washington

PDT is used during summer in these Canadian provinces (PST during winter)

• British Columbia - except for these eastern communities
  Cranbrook, Golden, Invermere which is in the MST/MDT zone
• Yukon

PDT is used during summer in these Mexican states (PST during winter)

• Baja California Norte

Example locations in PDT

• Vancouver - during summer
• Tijuana - during summer

Other time zones in North America

• NST - Newfoundland Standard Time
• NDT - Newfoundland Daylight Time
• AST - Atlantic Standard Time
• ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
• EST - Eastern Standard Time
• EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
• CST - Central Standard Time
• CDT - Central Daylight Time
• MST - Mountain Standard Time
• MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
• PST - Pacific Standard Time
• AKST - Alaska Standard Time
• AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
• HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
• HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time

Time zones in other regions

• Australia
• Europe
• Military

Related links

• Time zone abbreviations world-wide
• The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
• The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones
• World Clock - North America - current time in North America