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· 11 Dec 2021

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What time is it Pacific Time?

                  

Pacific time zone

The Pacific Time Zone follows standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC8). During daylight saving time offset is UTC7, and it is based on the mean solar time of the 105th meridian west of Greenwich Observatory.

This time zone is known as the Pacific Time Zone in the United States and Canada (PT). When observing standard time (late fall to early spring), it utilizes Pacific Standard Time (PST), and when observing daylight saving time (PDT), it uses Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) (early spring to late autumn).

The vast majority of Canada observes daylight saving time. The Northwest Zone, which is aligned with the US PDT daylight saving schedule, is the name given to the UTC8 time zone in Mexico.

Los Angeles is the largest city in the Pacific Time Zone, with the greatest metropolitan area in the zone.

The time zone difference is two hours. One hour ahead of Alaska Time, one hour ahead of Mountain Time, two hours behind Central Time, and three hours behind Eastern Time.

The Pacific Time Zone encompasses the following states or regions:

• California
• Washington
• Oregon - Except for Malheur County, it's on the Idaho border
• Nevada
• Idaho Panhandle — the northern portion of Idaho.

Hyder, Alaska is officially part of the Alaska Time Zone. However, due to significant ties to nearby Stewart, British Columbia, which is in the Pacific Time Zone, the majority of the community observes Pacific Time. The United States Post Office in Hyder operates on Alaska Standard Time.

Most of British Columbia (accept the Highway 95 corridor and areas around Tumbler Ridge, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Golden, and Creston), all of Yukon, and the townsite of Tungsten in the United States are all part of the Pacific Time Zone (NWT).

The state of Baja California in Mexico is entirely in the Pacific Time Zone. The state of Baja California Sur, which is located south of Baja California, is not included.

Daylight time

Throughout 2006, the local time (PST, UTC8) switched to daylight time (PDT, UTC7) on the first Sunday in April, changing from 02:00 LST to 03:00 LDT (local daylight time), and then returning to 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the final Sunday in October.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 causes the United States local time to move from PST to PDT on the second Sunday in March, from 02:00 LST to 03:00 LDT, and then back again on the first Sunday in November, from 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST.

These dates were implemented by the Canadian provinces and territories that use daylight time between October 2005 and February 2007. Beginning in 2010, the section of Mexico in this time zone, as well as several other portions of the country, began using the extended dates. The vast majority of Mexicans, on the other hand, continue to utilize the old dates.

Pacific Time: PST and PDT
When Daylight Saving (Savings) Time or DST is in use, the clocks are on Pacific Daylight Time, abbreviated as PDT, which is 7 hours behind GMT: GMT-7

When DST is not in use, the clocks are on Pacific Standard Time, abbreviated as PST, 8 hours behind GMT: GMT-8

The term Pacific Time (PT) is often used to denote the local time in areas observing either Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) or Pacific Standard Time (PST).

In other words, in locations observing Daylight Saving Time (DST) during part of the year, Pacific Time is not static but switches between PDT and PST.

Pacific Time UTC Offset
Pacific Standard Time is 8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Pacific Daylight Time is 7 hours behind UTC.

See Time Zone Map

What Is Pacific Time?
Pacific Time (PT) is the westernmost time zone in the contiguous United States and Canada. It is also used in Baja California, Mexico.

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

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

What Does PT Time Zone Mean?
Unlike other time zone denominations, which have a fixed time, Pacific Time refers to a geographical area where the time changes twice yearly as Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins and ends. Pacific Standard Time is UTC-8, while Pacific Daylight Time is UTC-7.

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 Time to Other US Time Zones
Pacific Time (PT) is 3 hours behind Eastern Time (ET).
To convert PT to ET, you have to add three hours.
Pacific Time (PT) is 2 hours behind Central Time (CT).
To convert PT to CT, you have to add two hours.
Pacific Time (PT) is 1 hour behind Mountain Time (MT).
To convert PT to MT, you have to add one hour.
Time Zone Converter: UTC to PT

Where and when is Pacific Time observed?
North America
U.S. states using PST in the winter and PDT in the summer
California
Idaho - western counties Show
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
Mexican states using PST in the winter and PDT in the summer
Baja California
Time zones by continent/region
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Atlantic
Australia
Caribbean
Central America
Europe
Indian Ocean
Military
North America
Pacific
South America
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Converting PST to IST
This time zone converter lets you visually and very quickly convert PST to IST and vice-versa. Simply mouse over the colored hour-tiles and glance at the hours selected by the column... and done!

PST stands for Pacific Standard Time. IST is known as India Standard Time. IST is 12.5 hours ahead of PST. So, when it is
11:00 am PST
it will be
11:30 pm IST

Other conversions: PST to Amsterdam Time, PST to Stockholm Time, PST to Beijing Time, PST to Honolulu Time, PST to Doha Time.

IST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
+0530 - basic
+05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
+0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates five hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
Asia/CalcuttaAsia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
Israel Standard Time - UTC +2

Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST Time Zone Geo Map
PST timezone map
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Pacific Standard Time (PST) has ended on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 13, 2022, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 6, 2022, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

PST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
-08 - basic short
-0800 - basic
-08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
-0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
U - short form of 'Uniform'

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