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

SYDNEY to PDT Time Converter

Q: Where is sydney used?

SYDNEY (Sydney) (sydney) is used in Australia. The IANA timezone identifier is Australia/Sydney.

SYDNEY (Sydney) → Pacific Daylight Time

SYDNEY = UTC+10PDT = UTC-7

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BASE

09:00

Work Clients Team +

00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00

PDT (Los Angeles)

USA · -17h

16:00-1 day

London

United Kingdom · -9h

00:00

New York

USA · -14h

19:00-1 day

Tokyo

Japan · -1h

08:00

Dubai

United Arab Emirates · -6h

03:00

Sydney vs PDT (Los Angeles) — time difference

Sydney is 17 hours ahead of PDT (Los Angeles). When Sydney clocks hit noon, PDT (Los Angeles) reads 19:00.

Sydney runs on Australia/Sydney; PDT (Los Angeles) runs on America/Los_Angeles. Together they are 17 hours apart.

Shared working hours

There is no business hours overlap between Sydney and PDT (Los Angeles) during standard working hours (9:00–17:00). Meetings would require one party to work outside normal hours.

Best times to schedule a meeting

Sydney and PDT (Los Angeles) have no shared working window. These slots minimize out-of-hours disruption for both sides.

09:00 Sydney / 16:00 Los Angeles✓ Both working

Working hours defined as 09:00–17:00 local time for each location.

Holiday calendar for both locations

⚡ Both locations have upcoming holidays, check availability before scheduling.

Sydney7 holidays

Aug 3Picnic Day

Sep 28King's Birthday

Oct 5Labour Day

Oct 5King's Birthday

Nov 3Melbourne Cup

PDT (Los Angeles)7 holidays

Jul 3Independence DaySOON

Sep 7Labour Day

Oct 12Columbus Day

Oct 12Indigenous Peoples' Day

Nov 11Veterans Day

Working across Sydney and PDT (Los Angeles)

A 17-hour difference separates Sydney (Australia) and PDT (Los Angeles) (USA) — wide enough that standard business hours don't align at all. Scheduling requires deliberate compromise from both sides.

💡 Best practice for cross-timezone meetings

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If you are in Sydney, aim for 09:00–10:00, which corresponds to 16:00–17:00 in PDT (Los Angeles) — both teams are within working hours.

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

Avoid scheduling mistakes — especially around daylight saving changes. Use the ClockinSync Chrome Extension to instantly verify and compare both time zones directly in your browser, without manual calculations.

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Need a specific time? Use the slider or type directly into the input bar — it understands "3pm", "15:30", and location-specific formats like "9am Sydney".

SYDNEY (Sydney) ↔ PDT (Los Angeles)

1h of business hours overlap daily (09:00–17:00)

SYDNEY (Sydney)

PDT (Los Angeles)