PST
Pacific Standard Time
GMT -8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Oregon, USA
PST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Time Difference

Pacific Standard Time is 8 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 0 hours ahead of PST (Pacific Standard Time)
4:00 am04:00 in PST is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 4:00 am04:00 in Portland, OR, USA

PST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in PST which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in UTC
PST to Portland call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm in PST which corresponds to 9am-5pm in Portland

4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (Portland, OR, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

4:00 am04:00 PST / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 4:00 am04:00 Portland, OR, USA

PSTUTCPortland, OR, USA
12am (midnight)8am12am (midnight)
1am9am1am
2am10am2am
3am11am3am
4am12pm (noon)4am
5am1pm5am
6am2pm6am
7am3pm7am
8am4pm8am
9am5pm9am
10am6pm10am
11am7pm11am
12pm (noon)8pm12pm (noon)
1pm9pm1pm
2pm10pm2pm
3pm11pm3pm
4pm12am (midnight)4pm
5pm1am5pm
6pm2am6pm
7pm3am7pm
8pm4am8pm
9pm5am9pm
10pm6am10pm
11pm7am11pm
00:0008:0000:00
01:0009:0001:00
02:0010:0002:00
03:0011:0003:00
04:0012:0004:00
05:0013:0005:00
06:0014:0006:00
07:0015:0007:00
08:0016:0008:00
09:0017:0009:00
10:0018:0010:00
11:0019:0011:00
12:0020:0012:00
13:0021:0013:00
14:0022:0014:00
15:0023:0015:00
16:0000:0016:00
17:0001:0017:00
18:0002:0018:00
19:0003:0019:00
20:0004:0020:00
21:0005:0021:00
22:0006:0022:00
23:0007:0023:00

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

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 timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect 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 the on 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 starts annually the on 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 eight hour and zero minutes time differences 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

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Portland Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
PST - Pacific Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-7:00 hours during Pacific Daylight Time, currently in use.
-8:00 hours during Pacific Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Portland Facts

Country
USA
State
Oregon
Alternative Names
Bridgetown, P-town, PDX, Portland, Portland i Oregon, Portlandas, Portlandia, Portlando, Portlant, Portlend, Portlenda, Puddletown, Rip City, River City, Stumptown, The City of Roses, bo te lan, bwrtland awryghwn, port land, portalainda, portalanda, portlant, portlendi, poteullaendeu, potorando, pwrtlnd, pwrtlnd awrgn, Πόρτλαντ, Портланд, Портленд, Պորտլենդ, פורטלנד, بورتلاند، أوريغون, پورتلند، اورگن, पोर्टलंड, पोर्टलैंड, போர்ட்லன்ட், పోర్ట్ లాండ్, ಪೋರ್ಟ್‌ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್‌, พอร์ตแลนด์, პორტლენდი, ფორთლენდი, ポートランド, 波特蘭, 포틀랜드
Population
632,309
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
45° 31' N Latitude / 122° 40' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1