Also known as: Pacific Time (PT) and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
Currently observing PST.
Areas with same time
currently (UTC -8).
Currently observing PST – Pacific Standard Time.
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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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.
PST Is the Pacific Time Zone
In everyday usage, PST is often referred to as Pacific Time (PT) or the Pacific Time Zone. This can add a bit of confusion as the term Pacific Time does not differentiate between standard time and Daylight Saving Time, so Pacific Time switches between PST and PDT in areas that use DST during part of the year.
Most North American time zones also have generic terms, including Mountain Time (MT), Central Time (CT), Eastern Time (ET), and Atlantic Time (AT).
Converting Pacific Standard Time to Other US Time Zones
- Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard
Time (EST).
To convert PST to EST, you have to add three hours. - Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 2 hours behind Central Standard Time (CST).
To convert PST to CST, you have to add two hours. - Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 1 hour behind Mountain Standard Time (MST).
To convert PST to MST, you have to add one hour.
Time Zone Converter: UTC to PST
Where and When is PST Observed?
North America
Other Time Zones in UTC -8
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as PST, but can be found under a different name:
- AKDT – Alaska Daylight Time
- PST – Pitcairn Standard Time
- U – Uniform Time Zone
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Converting CST to PSTThis time zone converter lets you visually and very quickly convert CST to PST and vice-versa. Simply mouse over the colored hour-tiles and glance at the hours selected by the column... and done! CST stands for Central Standard Time. PST is known as Pacific Standard Time. PST is 2 hours behind CST. So, when it is it will be Other conversions: CST to Berlin Time, CST to Moscow Time, CST to Oslo Time, CST to Seoul Time, CST to Abu Dhabi Time | Getting Started
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UNITED STATES TIME ZONES
The United States uses nine standard time zones. From east to west they are Atlantic Standard Time (AST), Eastern Standard Time (EST), Central Standard Time (CST), Mountain Standard Time (MST), Pacific Standard Time (PST), Alaskan Standard Time (AKST), Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST), Samoa standard time (UTC-11) and Chamorro Standard Time (UTC+10). View the standard time zone boundaries.
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. local time on the second Sunday in March. On the first Sunday in November areas on Daylight Saving Time return to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. The names in each time zone change along with Daylight Saving Time. Eastern Standard Time (EST) becomes Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and so forth. Arizona, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa do not observe Daylight Saving Time. Read more about the new federal law that took effect in March 2007 which extended Daylight Saving Time by four weeks.
United States Time Zone Map
| Hawaii Time | Alaska Time | Pacific Time |
| Sunday 11/13/2022 7:50 AM HST | Sunday 11/13/2022 8:50 AM AKST | Sunday 11/13/2022 9:50 AM PST |
| Mountain Time | Central Time | Eastern Time |
| Sunday 11/13/2022 10:50 AM MST | Sunday 11/13/2022 11:50 AM CST | Sunday 11/13/2022 12:50 PM EST |