Pacific Time Zone
The
Pacific Time Zone observes
standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (
UTC-8). During
Daylight Saving Time, its
time offset is
UTC-7.
The time observed in this zone is called
Pacific Standard Time (PST) when observing
standard time;
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) when observing
daylight savings.
The zone is one hour ahead of the
Alaska Time Zone and one hour behind the
Mountain Time Zone.
In the
United States, the states of
Washington and
California are located entirely within the Pacific Time Zone. Nearly all of
Nevada, except for the town of
West Wendover is on Pacific Time, although certain small towns near the
Idaho border, such as
Jackpot, observe
Mountain Standard Time on an unofficial basis. Additionally, the northern part of
Idaho (the
Idaho Panhandle) and all of
Oregon except for the greater part of
Malheur County are also in the zone.
In
Canada, it includes almost all of the province of
British Columbia, except for the
Highway 95 corridor and portions around
Fort St. John, all of the
Yukon Territory and
Tungsten,
Northwest Territories.
In
Mexico, the state of
Baja California is wholly within and the only part of Mexico in PST.
Most of the Pacific Time zone observes
Pacific Daylight Time (
PDT,
UTC-7) during the summer months, with the exception of the areas surrounding
Dawson Creek and
Creston in
British Columbia.
The local time (PST, UTC-8) changes to PDT (UTC-7) at 02:00 LST (local standard time) to 03:00 LDT (local daylight time) on the first Sunday in April, and returns at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the last Sunday in October.
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Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone*
Alaska Standard Time Zone*
Mountain Standard Time Zone*
Central Standard Time Zone*
Eastern Standard Time Zone*
Atlantic Standard Time Zone*
Newfoundland Standard Time Zone*
World time zone map*
U.S. time zone map*
History of U.S. time zones and UTC conversion*
Canada time zone map*
Time zones for major world cities*
Accurate time for the Pacific Time Zone
