PST to PDT Converter

Time Difference

Pacific Standard Time is 0 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time
So 8:30 am08:30 in PST is 8:30 am08:30 in PST

8:30 am08:30 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

8:30 am08:30 PST / 8:30 am08:30 PST

Pacific Standard Time

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

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Start: PST started and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: PST ends and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

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

PST representations, usage and related time zones

• -08 - basic short
• -0800 - basic
• -08:00 - extended

• -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

• Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
• U - short form of 'Uniform'

• America/Ensenada
• America/Los_Angeles
• America/Santa_Isabel
• America/Tijuana
• America/Vancouver
• Canada/Pacific
• Mexico/BajaNorte
• PST8PDT
• US/Pacific
• US/Pacific-New

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
• YDT - Yukon Daylight Time
• PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
• U - Uniform Time Zone

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).

End: PDT ended and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

Start: PDT starts and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

PDT representations, usage and related time zones

• -07 - basic short
• -0700 - basic
• -07:00 - extended

• -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates seven hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

• Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
• T - short form of 'Tango'

• America/Ensenada
• America/Los_Angeles
• America/Santa_Isabel
• America/Tijuana
• America/Vancouver
• Canada/Pacific
• Mexico/BajaNorte
• PST8PDT
• US/Pacific
• US/Pacific-New

Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:

• MST - Mountain Standard Time
• PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
• T - Tango Time Zone