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PST: Pacific Standard Time

PST is UTC−8: 8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. The US West Coast, British Columbia, and Baja California in winter, from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March.

Current time at UTC−8
PST6:08 AMThu, Oct 22
UTC2:08 PMThu, Oct 22

Calculated from your device clock. Shown at the fixed PST offset, whether or not a particular place is using it today.

Is PST in use right now?

Los Angeles switches between PST and PDT during the year.

Next change in Los Angeles: Sunday, November 1, 2026, to UTC−8 (PST). Based on time zone rules at build time.

Full name
Pacific Standard Time
UTC offset
UTC−8ISO 8601: -08:00
Type
Standard (winter) time
Summer counterpart
PDT · UTC−7
Example IANA zone
America/Los_Angeles
Ambiguous?
YesSee the note below
The letters PST mean more than one thing. Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8) is also written PST, sixteen hours away from the North American zone.

Where and when PST is used in 2026

Calculated for the cities in our directory from the IANA time zone database. Dates are local; each change happens in the early morning of the date shown.

CityIANA zoneOn PST (UTC−8)
Los AngelesAmerica/Los_AngelesJan 1 – Mar 8 and Nov 1 – Dec 31
San FranciscoAmerica/Los_AngelesJan 1 – Mar 8 and Nov 1 – Dec 31
SeattleAmerica/Los_AngelesJan 1 – Mar 8 and Nov 1 – Dec 31
VancouverAmerica/VancouverJan 1 – Mar 8

PST conversion table

Every hour of the day in PST, converted at fixed offsets. To convert local time in a specific city, use the city instead: its offset may change with the date.

PST (UTC−8)UTC (UTC+0)EST (UTC−5)GMT (UTC+0)CET (UTC+1)IST (UTC+5:30)JST (UTC+9)
12:00 AM8:00 AM3:00 AM8:00 AM9:00 AM1:30 PM5:00 PM
1:00 AM9:00 AM4:00 AM9:00 AM10:00 AM2:30 PM6:00 PM
2:00 AM10:00 AM5:00 AM10:00 AM11:00 AM3:30 PM7:00 PM
3:00 AM11:00 AM6:00 AM11:00 AM12:00 PM4:30 PM8:00 PM
4:00 AM12:00 PM7:00 AM12:00 PM1:00 PM5:30 PM9:00 PM
5:00 AM1:00 PM8:00 AM1:00 PM2:00 PM6:30 PM10:00 PM
6:00 AM2:00 PM9:00 AM2:00 PM3:00 PM7:30 PM11:00 PM
7:00 AM3:00 PM10:00 AM3:00 PM4:00 PM8:30 PM12:00 AMnext day
8:00 AM4:00 PM11:00 AM4:00 PM5:00 PM9:30 PM1:00 AMnext day
9:00 AM5:00 PM12:00 PM5:00 PM6:00 PM10:30 PM2:00 AMnext day
10:00 AM6:00 PM1:00 PM6:00 PM7:00 PM11:30 PM3:00 AMnext day
11:00 AM7:00 PM2:00 PM7:00 PM8:00 PM12:30 AMnext day4:00 AMnext day
12:00 PM8:00 PM3:00 PM8:00 PM9:00 PM1:30 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day
1:00 PM9:00 PM4:00 PM9:00 PM10:00 PM2:30 AMnext day6:00 AMnext day
2:00 PM10:00 PM5:00 PM10:00 PM11:00 PM3:30 AMnext day7:00 AMnext day
3:00 PM11:00 PM6:00 PM11:00 PM12:00 AMnext day4:30 AMnext day8:00 AMnext day
4:00 PM12:00 AMnext day7:00 PM12:00 AMnext day1:00 AMnext day5:30 AMnext day9:00 AMnext day
5:00 PM1:00 AMnext day8:00 PM1:00 AMnext day2:00 AMnext day6:30 AMnext day10:00 AMnext day
6:00 PM2:00 AMnext day9:00 PM2:00 AMnext day3:00 AMnext day7:30 AMnext day11:00 AMnext day
7:00 PM3:00 AMnext day10:00 PM3:00 AMnext day4:00 AMnext day8:30 AMnext day12:00 PMnext day
8:00 PM4:00 AMnext day11:00 PM4:00 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day9:30 AMnext day1:00 PMnext day
9:00 PM5:00 AMnext day12:00 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day6:00 AMnext day10:30 AMnext day2:00 PMnext day
10:00 PM6:00 AMnext day1:00 AMnext day6:00 AMnext day7:00 AMnext day11:30 AMnext day3:00 PMnext day
11:00 PM7:00 AMnext day2:00 AMnext day7:00 AMnext day8:00 AMnext day12:30 PMnext day4:00 PMnext day

Highlighted rows: 9 am – 5 pm in PST.

What to know about PST

For most of the year, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver are on PDT (UTC−7). A fixed PST conversion in summer is one hour off.

Tech companies often publish launch times in “PT” to mean whichever Pacific time is in effect; convert those with Los Angeles.

Read more about why abbreviations need context and how daylight saving changes offsets.

Popular conversions

Local time in cities that use PST

Other time zone abbreviations

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UTCCoordinated Universal TimeUTC+0GMTGreenwich Mean TimeUTC+0BSTBritish Summer TimeUTC+1CETCentral European TimeUTC+1CESTCentral European Summer TimeUTC+2ESTEastern Standard TimeUTC−5EDTEastern Daylight TimeUTC−4CSTCentral Standard Time (North America)UTC−6CDTCentral Daylight TimeUTC−5MSTMountain Standard TimeUTC−7PDTPacific Daylight TimeUTC−7ISTIndia Standard TimeUTC+5:30JSTJapan Standard TimeUTC+9SGTSingapore TimeUTC+8GSTGulf Standard TimeUTC+4AESTAustralian Eastern Standard TimeUTC+10AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight TimeUTC+11