Pacific Standard Time – PST Time Zone

Also known as: Pacific Time (PT) and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

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North America: PST is currently not observed because locations are on summer time / daylight saving time and are observing PDT.

No locations are currently on PST – Pacific Standard Time.

Observes PST – Pacific Standard Time part of the year, but not currently.

Currently has same time zone offset as PST (UTC -8) but different time zone name.

Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is in use during standard time in: North America.

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What Is Pacific Standard Time?

Pacific Standard Time is the westernmost time zone in the contiguous United States and Canada. It is also used in Baja California, Mexico.

It covers all or parts of five states in the US and two provinces or territories in Canada.

The PST time zone is the third most populated time zone in the US. It spans from Canada to Mexico.

In North America, Pacific Standard Time shares a border with Mountain Standard Time (MST) in the east.

Pacific Standard Time Zone

Pacific Standard Time (PST) is a standard time zone in use from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March—when Daylight Saving Time (DST) is not in effect. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is used during the remainder of the year.