PDT – Pacific Daylight Time (Time Zone Abbreviation)

Also known as: PDST – Pacific Daylight Saving Time, NAPDT – North American Pacific Daylight Time

Time zone map of PDT — Currently observing PDT.
Areas with same time currently (UTC -7).
Currently observing PDT – Pacific Daylight Time.
Currently has same time zone offset as PDT (UTC -7) but different time zone name.

Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is 7 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: North America.

This time zone is often called Pacific Time.

See full time zone map

Winter Time & DST

This time zone is a daylight saving/summer time zone, in the winter some places will switch to the corresponding standard time zone: PST (Pacific Standard Time).

Where and When is PDT Observed?

North America

U.S. states using PDT in the summer and PST in the winter:

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

Canadian provinces/territories using PDT in the summer and PST in the winter:

British Columbia - except for some eastern communities Show
Cranbrook, Golden, Invermere are in the MST/MDT zone; Creston, the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, and most of Peace River Regional District (except Fort Ware) observe MST all year
Yukon

Mexican states using PDT in the summer and PST in the winter:

Baja California

Other Time Zones in UTC -7

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as PDT, but can be found under a different name:

PDT – Pacific Daylight Time / Pacific Daylight Saving Time (Daylight Saving Time)