PST
Pacific Standard Time
GMT -8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
ART
Argentina Time
GMT -3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

PST is 5 hours behind ART. PST uses GMT -8, and ART uses GMT -3 for this comparison.

For example, 4:00 am PST is 9:00 am ART. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 9am-12pm PST, which is 2pm-5pm ART.

PST is a fixed UTC-8 standard-time offset. For current Pacific Time, compare PDT to ART or PT to ART.

Compare PST time with ART time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Pacific Standard Time is 5 hours behind Argentina Time
4:00 am04:00 in PST is 9:00 am09:00 in ART

PST to ART call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm in PST which corresponds to 2pm-5pm in ART

4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Argentina Time (ART). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

4:00 am04:00 PST / 9:00 am09:00 ART

PSTART
12am (midnight)5am
1am6am
2am7am
3am8am
4am9am
5am10am
6am11am
7am12pm (noon)
8am1pm
9am2pm
10am3pm
11am4pm
12pm (noon)5pm
1pm6pm
2pm7pm
3pm8pm
4pm9pm
5pm10pm
6pm11pm
7pm12am (midnight)
8pm1am
9pm2am
10pm3am
11pm4am
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01:0006:00
02:0007:00
03:0008:00
04:0009:00
05:0010:00
06:0011:00
07:0012:00
08:0013:00
09:0014:00
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19:0000:00
20:0001:00
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23:0004:00

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST Time Zone Geo Map
PST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Pacific Standard Time (PST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone

Argentina Time

Offset: ART is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

Countries using this time zone: Argentina

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ART time zone is Buenos Aires in Argentina, with about 13.076 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include La Plata, Mar del Plata, Quilmes, Moron.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Argentina Time (ART) do not change for daylight saving time, so ART stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

ART Time Zone Geo Map
ART timezone map

ART representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for ART
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasília time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time