PHT to PST Converter

Which PHT and which PST?

Zone abbreviations are ambiguous, so this page starts by pinning both down. PHT here is Philippine Time: the IANA zone Asia/Manila, anchored on Manila. Note that PHT is also sometimes written PST, which collides with Pacific Standard Time; this page means only the Manila sense. PST here is Pacific Standard Time (North America): America/Los_Angeles, anchored on Los Angeles. Note that PST is also Philippine Standard Time (usually written PHT); this page means only the Los Angeles sense.

Manila keeps UTC+8 all year — its January and July offsets are both UTC+8 — so PHT has no summer-time sibling and never needs disambiguating by season.

PST in the everyday sense means Los Angeles time, whichever of PST or PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) is in force. Los Angeles is not on PST all year: its offset is UTC−8 while standard time applies (its January offset) and UTC−7 while daylight saving is active (its July offset). As of September 2026 it is on PDT (UTC−7). Wherever this page writes PST, read it as "Los Angeles time on the date in question".

The difference as of September 2026

As of September 2026, Los Angeles is 15 hours behind Manila. Manila is on UTC+8 (no seasonal change) and Los Angeles is on UTC−7 (PDT, daylight saving in effect). Subtract one offset from the other and you have the gap. As wall clocks: 9:00 AM in Manila is 6:00 PM the previous day in Los Angeles, 5:00 PM in Manila is 2:00 AM in Los Angeles, and 9:00 AM in Los Angeles is 12:00 AM the next day in Manila.

The calendar date is part of the conversion on this pair. A 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM day in Manila reads 6:00 PM the previous day to 2:00 AM in Los Angeles, and a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM day in Los Angeles reads 12:00 AM the next day to 8:00 AM the next day in Manila, so a time on one side can belong to a different date on the other. The converter above flags each reading that lands on the previous or next day; the date you enter is the date on the From side's clock.

Next scheduled clock changes: no clock change is scheduled for Manila within the next 450 days; clocks in Los Angeles go back 1 hour on Sunday, November 1, 2026 (local date), moving the offset from UTC−7 to UTC−8. Only Los Angeles's changes matter to this pair, and each one moves the gap.

How the gap changes through the year

Only one side of this pair changes its clocks. Manila keeps UTC+8 all year — its January and July offsets are identical — while Los Angeles moves between UTC−8 (its January offset, PST) and UTC−7 (its July offset, PDT). Every time Los Angeles shifts, the whole difference shifts with it, because the other offset is standing still. So the gap takes two values a year: Los Angeles is 16 hours behind Manila while Los Angeles is on PST, and 15 hours behind Manila while it is on PDT.

Over the year scanned from Sep 7, 2026, the engine finds two such moves, each at the exact minute Los Angeles's clocks change:

• Sunday, November 1, 2026 (Los Angeles date): the gap goes from 15 hours behind to 16 hours behind.
• Sunday, March 14, 2027 (Los Angeles date): the gap goes from 16 hours behind to 15 hours behind.

The practical consequence is the one that catches recurring meetings. A call fixed at 9:00 AM on Manila's clock is 5:00 PM the previous day in Los Angeles while Los Angeles is on PST, and 6:00 PM the previous day while it is on PDT. Nobody in Manila sees the meeting move, but on Los Angeles's calendar it jumps by 1 hour on each of the dates above. The reverse is just as true: a 9:00 AM slot fixed on Los Angeles's clock lands at 1:00 AM the next day or 12:00 AM the next day in Manila depending on the season. Whichever side owns the invitation, the other side sees it move twice a year — which is exactly what the converter above accounts for when you give it a date.

Working hours that overlap

Assume a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM day on both sides. Because the gap changes during the year, the overlap changes with it, so it is shown for each gap the pair takes:

• Los Angeles 16 hours behind Manila (PHT / PST; 133 of the 365 days scanned): no overlap at all: when it is 9:00 AM in Los Angeles it is already 1:00 AM the next day in Manila.
• Los Angeles 15 hours behind Manila (PHT / PDT; 232 of the 365 days scanned): no overlap at all: when it is 9:00 AM in Los Angeles it is already 12:00 AM the next day in Manila.

The 9-to-5 window is a convention, not a fact about anyone's real hours. The Meeting Planner lets you set each side's actual working hours and shows the overlap for the exact date you are planning.

Converting PST to PHT

This page serves both directions, because the reverse conversion is the same gap with the sign flipped. As of September 2026, Manila is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles, so:

• 9:00 AM PHT (Manila) = 6:00 PM the previous day PST (Los Angeles)
• 9:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) = 12:00 AM the next day PHT (Manila)
• 5:00 PM PST (Los Angeles) = 8:00 AM the next day PHT (Manila)

To run PST to PHT in the converter above, swap the From and To menus; the result shows both offsets for the date you enter and flags a day change whenever the reading lands on the previous or next calendar day. The readings above hold only while the gap is 15 hours behind; on the dates listed in the section above they move, in both directions at once.

More on these zones

• Current time in Manila — live clock, offset and next clock change.
• Current time in Los Angeles — live clock, offset and next clock change.
• Time Zone Converter — any city to any city, DST-correct for the date.
• Meeting Planner — overlap for your real working hours.
• All zone-to-zone converters — the other corridors on this site.

PHT to PST — frequently asked questions

Conversions are computed locally in your browser from its IANA time zone data; nothing you enter is transmitted. The schedule and offsets on this page were derived from the same database at build time, as of September 2026. Jurisdictions occasionally change DST law with short notice, and the IANA database follows reality — for legally critical timing, confirm against an official source. See the methodology page.