North American time zones:

PST - Pacific Standard Time

Time zone offset: UTC - 8 hours

Note that during summer daylight saving time/summer time is observed, and PDT is used instead.

Time zone abbreviations: PST, HNP

Email time zone indicator: -0800

An email sent from someone in the PST time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0800" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0800" does not have to be in PST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

Where and when is PST observed?

PST is used during winter in these US states (PDT during summer)

• California
• Idaho - western counties
  Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone and north part of Idaho
• Nevada
• Oregon - except most of Malheur county
• Washington

PST is used during winter in these Canadian provinces (PDT during summer)

• British Columbia - except for these eastern communities
  Cranbrook, Golden, Invermere which is in the MST/MDT zone
• Yukon

PST is used during winter in these Mexican states (PDT during summer)

• Baja California Norte

Example locations in PST

• Vancouver - during winter
• Tijuana - during winter

Other time zones in North America

• NST - Newfoundland Standard Time
• NDT - Newfoundland Daylight Time
• AST - Atlantic Standard Time
• ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
• EST - Eastern Standard Time
• EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
• CST - Central Standard Time
• CDT - Central Daylight Time
• MST - Mountain Standard Time
• MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
• PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
• AKST - Alaska Standard Time
• AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
• HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
• HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time

Time zones in other regions

• Australia
• Europe
• Military

Related links

• Time zone abbreviations world-wide
• The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
• The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones
• World Clock - North America - current time in North America