PST is the short form of 'Pacific Standard Time'. This time zone is used in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, & Washington. PST has -8 hour difference from global UTC time.
The regions falling in this PST zone do observe Daylight Saving Time(DST) and have a difference of -7 hours with GMT/UTC during the second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November. It is because during this period (i.e. second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November) DST is followed all across the world.
Country: | USA/Canada/Mexico |
Time zone abbreviation: | PST |
Time zone name: | Pacific Time |
Time offset: | UTC/GMT-08:00 |
Observe DST: | Yes |
North America: PST is not being observed due to the fact that locations are on summer time/daylight saving time and observe PDT. There are no places currently observe PST. The time of day is PST during the time of year.