Pacific Standard Time Zone
The Pacific Standard Time Zone (PST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC-8.
In the United States, the states of Washington and California are located entirely within the Pacific Standard Time Zone. 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 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 within PST.
In Canada, it includes almost all of the province of British Columbia, except for the Highway 95 corridor and portions around Fort St. John, and all of the Yukon Territory.
In Mexico, the state of Baja California is wholly within and the only part of Mexico in PST.
Most of the Pacific Standard Time zone switches to Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC-7) during the summer months, with the exception of the areas surrounding Dawson Creek and Creston in British Columbia.
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.
Major Metropolitan Areas
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Los Angeles, California
- Portland, Oregon
- Sacramento, California
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco Bay Area, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Tacoma, Washington
- Tijuana, Baja California
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Victoria, British Columbia
See also
- Time zone
- 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
