Pacific Daylight Time (pdt) is used in USA. The IANA timezone identifier is America/Los_Angeles.

BEIJING to PDT Time Converter

Q: Where is beijing used?

BEIJING (Shanghai) (beijing) is used in China. The IANA timezone identifier is Asia/Shanghai.

BEIJING (Shanghai) → Pacific Daylight Time

BEIJING = UTC+8PDT = UTC-7

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BASE

09:00

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00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00

PDT (Los Angeles)

USA · -15h🔔 Public Holiday in 6d — Independence Day

18:00-1 day

London

United Kingdom · -7h

02:00

New York

USA · -12h

21:00-1 day

Tokyo

Japan · +1h

10:00

Dubai

United Arab Emirates · -4h

05:00

How far apart are Beijing and PDT (Los Angeles)?

Beijing is 15 hours ahead of PDT (Los Angeles). Midday in Beijing lines up with 21:00 in PDT (Los Angeles).

Beijing is in the Asia/Shanghai timezone. PDT (Los Angeles) is in America/Los_Angeles. The difference is 15 hours.

Daily overlap window

Beijing and PDT (Los Angeles) have no shared working hours under a standard 9:00–17:00 schedule. One side will always need to join at an off-hour.

When to schedule across time zones

Since Beijing and PDT (Los Angeles) don't share working hours, these are the most practical options available.

07:00 Beijing / 16:00 Los Angeles⚡ One side off-hours

⚠️ 2h before working hours in Beijing

09:00 Beijing / 18:00 Los Angeles⚡ One side off-hours

⚠️ 2h after working hours in Los Angeles

06:00 Beijing / 15:00 Los Angeles⚡ One side off-hours

⚠️ 3h before working hours in Beijing

Based on standard 09:00–17:00 working hours in each location's local time.

Upcoming public holidays

⚡ Watch out — upcoming holidays on both sides. Verify availability in advance.

Beijing2 holidays

Sep 25Mid-Autumn Festival

Oct 1National Day

PDT (Los Angeles)7 holidays

Jul 3Independence DaySOON

Sep 7Labour Day

Oct 12Columbus Day

Oct 12Indigenous Peoples' Day

Nov 11Veterans Day

How to work with Beijing and PDT (Los Angeles) time zones

Coordinating between Beijing (China) and PDT (Los Angeles) (USA) means working around a 15-hour time difference. Since standard business hours don't naturally overlap, meetings usually require one side to shift slightly outside their normal working day.

💡 How to schedule across these time zones

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When Beijing is at 07:00, PDT (Los Angeles) reads 16:00 — 2h before working hours in Beijing.

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When Beijing is at 09:00, PDT (Los Angeles) reads 18:00 — 2h after working hours in Los Angeles.

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When Beijing is at 06:00, PDT (Los Angeles) reads 15:00 — 3h before working hours in Beijing.

Since there is no natural overlap, the options above represent the most balanced compromise, minimizing out-of-hours inconvenience for both sides.

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Use the time slider above to find the exact equivalent time for any moment in Beijing. The input bar accepts natural language like "3pm", "15:30", or "9am Rome" for instant conversions.

BEIJING (Beijing) ↔ PDT (Los Angeles)

No overlap — one side will join outside working hours

BEIJING (Beijing)

PDT (Los Angeles)