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Pacific Standard Time – PST Time Zone / Pacific Time (Standard Time)

Time Zone names, codes and abbreviations for Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time (DST) around the world.

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
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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.

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Where and When is PST Observed?

North America

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

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

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

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:

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