PST – Pacific Standard Time (Time Zone Abbreviation)

Home Time Zones Abbreviations PST – Pacific Standard Time

Also known as: PT – Pacific Time, NAPST – North American Pacific Standard Time

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

Time zone map of PST — No locations currently on PST.
Observes PST part of the year.
Areas with same time currently (UTC -8).
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.

This time zone is often called Pacific Time.

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Summer Time & DST

Some places observe daylight saving time/summer time during the summer, and therefore use PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) in the summer.

Where and When is PST Observed?

North America

U.S. states using PST in the winter and PDT in the summer:

California
Idaho - western counties Show
Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone and north part of Idaho
Nevada
Oregon - except most of Malheur county
Washington

Canadian provinces/territories using PST in the winter and PDT in the summer:

British Columbia - except for some eastern communities Show
Cranbrook, Golden, Invermere are in the MST/MDT zone; Creston, the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, and most of Peace River Regional District (except Fort Ware) observe MST all year
Yukon

Mexican states using PST in the winter and PDT in the summer:

Baja California

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: