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Time-zone reference

PST

PST is the standard-time abbreviation for the Pacific zone in the western United States and Canada.

What this abbreviation usually means

The page uses Los Angeles as the working reference and explains the shift to PDT when daylight saving begins.

Reference offset

PST is commonly associated with UTC-8 in standard time. The current IANA reference on this page resolves to UTC-7 right now.

Representative locations

Los Angeles, Vancouver, Seattle are the places most readers expect when they search for this abbreviation.

DST handling

This abbreviation belongs to a zone family that changes offset seasonally, so the exact relation to UTC depends on the date.

Best next step

Use the dedicated converter when you need to translate a specific meeting or timestamp between this zone and another one.

Compare PST with related zones

These are the abbreviations people most often compare against this reference.

EST Open the EST reference page and compare it directly with PST. CST (US) Open the CST (US) reference page and compare it directly with PST. JST Open the JST reference page and compare it directly with PST. Timezone Converter Convert a specific date and time between PST and any other major world zone.