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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 R (UTC-5), Oct 18, 2026

PDT is 2 hours behind R.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PT is 2 hours behind R. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PT is 3 hours behind R.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in R. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT correspond to 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm in R.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PT correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in R. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PT correspond to 12:00 to 21:00 in R.

Compare PT time with R time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 2 hours behind Romeo Time Zone.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 7:00 am07:00 in R

PDT to R call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in PDT which corresponds to 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in R

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Romeo Time Zone (R). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 7:00 am07:00 R

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Pacific Time

Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in North America. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.

Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico. From November 1, 2026, most of British Columbia in Canada keeps UTC-7 all year instead.

Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

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

PT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PT
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone

Romeo Time Zone

Offset: R is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the R time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lima, Bogotá, Toronto, Quito.

Daylight Saving: Some places on Romeo Time Zone (R) keep the same time all year, while others use R for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Map of the areas on Romeo Time Zone (R)
R all year R part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (Cuba Daylight Time, EDT).

R representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for R
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone