Exact time now, time zone, time difference, sunrise/sunset time and key facts for Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Pacific Standard Time (PST) is a standard time zone in use from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March—when Daylight Saving Time (DST) is not in effect.
Specifically, it is Pacific Standard Time (PST) when observing standard time (Winter), and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) when observing daylight saving time (Summer).
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
Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time on the Atlantic coast, 9 hours behind Central European Standard Time and a full 18 hours behind Sydney. All three regions change in the summer at the same time to Pacific Daylight Time.
Pacific Standard Time (PST) operates at UTC−8 and is widely used along the west coast of North America, including parts of the United States, Canada, and northwestern Mexico, as the standard time during the winter months.
PST is used as winter time - from the beginning of November to the middle of March. PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) is used as summer time - North American Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).
California uses Pacific Standard Time (PST) during standard time and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) during Daylight Saving Time (DST). California shares its time zone and DST schedule with bordering states Oregon and Nevada.
The Council of Science and Technology,U.P. (CST,U.P.) was given an autonomous status as a registered body under Societies Registration Act, 1860.