PST to WST Pacific Converter
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PST and WST examples
These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and WST (UTC+13). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PST is 21 hours behind WST.
PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to WST-PACIFIC. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to WST-PACIFIC.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 20 hours behind WST Pacific. At other times of the year, PST is 21 hours behind WST Pacific.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 5:00 am (next day) to 1:00 pm (next day) in WST Pacific. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 6:00 am (next day) to 2:00 pm (next day) in WST Pacific.
Compare PST time with WST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Standard Time is 21 hours behind West Samoa Time
4:00 am04:00 in PST is 1:00 am01:00 in WST
PST to WST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in PST which corresponds to 9am-2pm in WST (next day)
4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 West Samoa Time (WST). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST / 1:00 am01:00 WST
| PST | WST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9pm |
| 1am | 10pm |
| 2am | 11pm |
| 3am | 12am (midnight) |
| 4am | 1am |
| 5am | 2am |
| 6am | 3am |
| 7am | 4am |
| 8am | 5am |
| 9am | 6am |
| 10am | 7am |
| 11am | 8am |
| 12pm (noon) | 9am |
| 1pm | 10am |
| 2pm | 11am |
| 3pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 4pm | 1pm |
| 5pm | 2pm |
| 6pm | 3pm |
| 7pm | 4pm |
| 8pm | 5pm |
| 9pm | 6pm |
| 10pm | 7pm |
| 11pm | 8pm |
| 00:00 | 21:00 |
| 01:00 | 22:00 |
| 02:00 | 23:00 |
| 03:00 | 00:00 |
| 04:00 | 01:00 |
| 05:00 | 02:00 |
| 06:00 | 03:00 |
| 07:00 | 04:00 |
| 08:00 | 05:00 |
| 09:00 | 06:00 |
| 10:00 | 07:00 |
| 11:00 | 08:00 |
| 12:00 | 09:00 |
| 13:00 | 10:00 |
| 14:00 | 11:00 |
| 15:00 | 12:00 |
| 16:00 | 13:00 |
| 17:00 | 14:00 |
| 18:00 | 15:00 |
| 19:00 | 16:00 |
| 20:00 | 17:00 |
| 21:00 | 18:00 |
| 22:00 | 19:00 |
| 23:00 | 20:00 |
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 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

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).
Start: 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.
End: 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
- -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 an offset of eight hours 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
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
West Samoa Time
Offset: WST is 13 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries using this time zone: Samoa (western)
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WST time zone is Apia in Samoa, with about 40,407 people.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in West Samoa Time (WST) do not change for daylight saving time, so WST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
WST representations, usage and related time zones
- +13 - basic short
- +1300 - basic
- +13:00 - extended
- +1300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (13) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of thirteen hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Western Sahara Summer Time - UTC +1
- West Samoa Time - UTC +13
- FJST - Fiji Summer Time
- NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time
- PHOT - Phoenix Island Time
- TKT - Tokelau Time
- TOT - Tonga Time
- WST - West Samoa Time
- WSST - West Samoa Standard Time
