Pacific Time Zone
Time Zone of a Place
What is the Pacific Time Zone?
Answer
Pacific Time Zone
UTC−8 (PST) and UTC−7 (PDT)
The same offset as a plain number: UTC−8.
Time Zone Facts
- Abbreviations
- PST / PDT
- Standard time
- UTC−8
- Daylight saving time
- UTC−7
- Clock changes
- daylight time from March 8, 2026 and standard time from November 1, 2026
- Daylight saving time in effect now
- Yes
Where This Zone Applies
Every place in this zone changes its clocks, but not alike: some twice a year, some only forward with no return.
| Place | Standard time | Clock changes |
|---|---|---|
| Canada — most of British Columbia, including Vancouver and Victoria | UTC−8 | Forward only |
| United States — the West Coast | UTC−8 | Yes |
| British Columbia — most of the province, including Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna | UTC−8 | Forward only |
| California | UTC−8 | Yes |
| Idaho — the northern panhandle above the Salmon River, including Coeur d’Alene and Moscow | UTC−8 | Yes |
| Washington State | UTC−8 | Yes |
| Nevada | UTC−8 | Yes |
| Oregon — almost the whole state, including Portland, Salem and Eugene | UTC−8 | Yes |
| Los Angeles | UTC−8 | Yes |
| San Diego | UTC−8 | Yes |
Time Difference
- UTC
- 7 hours behind
- Eastern Time
- 3 hours behind
- Central Time
- 2 hours behind
- Mountain Time
- 1 hour behind
- Moscow Time
- MSK−11 in standard time, MSK−10 in daylight time
Current time in the zone
UTC−7
UTC−7 — subtract 7 hours from UTC
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Named Time Zones
| Time zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Central Time | UTC+9:30 | UTC+10:30 |
| Australian Eastern Time | UTC+10 | UTC+11 |
| Australian Western Time | UTC+8 | not observed |
| Brasília Time | UTC−3 | not observed |
| Central European Time | UTC+1 | UTC+2 |
| Central Time | UTC−6 | UTC−5 |
| Chamorro Time | UTC+10 | not observed |
| East Africa Time | UTC+3 | not observed |
| Eastern European Time | UTC+2 | UTC+3 |
| Eastern Time | UTC−5 | UTC−4 |
| Greenwich Mean Time | UTC | UTC+1 |
| Hawaii–Aleutian Time | UTC−10 | not observed |
| Hong Kong Time | UTC+8 | not observed |
| India Standard Time | UTC+5:30 | not observed |
| Irish Time | UTC | UTC+1 |
| Irkutsk Time | UTC+8 | not observed |
| Israel Time | UTC+2 | UTC+3 |
| Japan Standard Time | UTC+9 | not observed |
| Kaliningrad Time | UTC+2 | not observed |
| Kamchatka Time | UTC+12 | not observed |
| Korea Standard Time | UTC+9 | not observed |
| Krasnoyarsk Time | UTC+7 | not observed |
| Magadan Time | UTC+11 | not observed |
| Mexican Central Time | UTC−6 | not observed |
| Mexican Northwest Time | UTC−8 | UTC−7 |
| Mexican Pacific Time | UTC−7 | not observed |
| Mexican Southeast Time | UTC−5 | not observed |
| Moscow Time | UTC+3 | not observed |
| Mountain Time | UTC−7 | UTC−6 |
| Newfoundland Time | UTC−3:30 | UTC−2:30 |
| New Zealand Time | UTC+12 | UTC+13 |
| Omsk Time | UTC+6 | not observed |
| Pacific Time | UTC−8 | UTC−7 |
| Samara Time | UTC+4 | not observed |
| Samoa Time | UTC−11 | not observed |
| South Africa Standard Time | UTC+2 | not observed |
| Vladivostok Time | UTC+10 | not observed |
| Western European Time | UTC | UTC+1 |
| Yakutsk Time | UTC+9 | not observed |
| Yekaterinburg Time | UTC+5 | not observed |
Time Zone of a Place
This reference shows what time zone a place is in: the name of the zone and its abbreviations, the UTC offset in standard and daylight time, whether the clocks change there and when, plus the difference from UTC, from the four US zones and from Moscow. For example, it can help you find out what is the Pacific Time Zone? (The answer is: UTC−8 (PST) and UTC−7 (PDT)). Pick a place or a zone (e.g. 'Pacific Time') and hit the 'Find out' button.
Time Zone of a Place