Pacific Time Zone
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The Pacific Time Zone is a North American time zone that covers the U.S. West Coast and parts of Canada and Mexico, typically eight hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−8) and observing daylight saving time.
Aliases (9)
- Pacific Daylight Time ×230
- Pacific Standard Time ×15
- Pacific Time ×13
- Pacific Time Zone (Mexico) ×2
- America/Los_Angeles ×1
- PST in North American context usually means Pacific Standard Time ×1
- Pacific Time Zone (UTC−7 standard) ×1
- Pacific Time in Mexico ×1
- US/Pacific ×1
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
North American time zone
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time zone → |
| alsoKnownAs |
PT
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Pacific Time → |
| appliesInCountry |
Canada
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French Polynesia → Mexico → United States → |
| appliesInRegion |
Northwestern Mexico
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U.S. West Coast → Western Canada → |
| continent |
North America
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| daylightTimeAbbreviation |
PDT
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| follows |
United States daylight saving time rules (most areas)
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| includesCity |
Las Vegas
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Los Angeles → Oakland → Portland, Oregon → Reno → Sacramento → San Diego → San Francisco → Seattle → Spokane → Tijuana → Vancouver → Victoria, British Columbia → |
| includesStateOrProvince |
Alberta (part, historically)
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Baja California → British Columbia → California → Idaho (part) → Nevada → Northwest Territories (part) → Oregon → Washington → Yukon → |
| note |
Some regions within the nominal Pacific Time Zone may not observe daylight saving time
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| observes |
daylight saving time
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| standardTimeAbbreviation |
PST
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| timeDifferenceFromCentralStandard |
2 hours behind
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| timeDifferenceFromEasternStandard |
3 hours behind
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| timeDifferenceFromGreenwichMeanTimeStandard |
8 hours behind
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| timeDifferenceFromMountainStandard |
1 hour behind
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| usedBy |
Canadian federal government scheduling in British Columbia and Yukon
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United States federal government scheduling on the West Coast → financial markets operating in Los Angeles → major U.S. television networks for West Coast feeds → |
| utcOffsetDaylight |
UTC−07:00
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| utcOffsetStandard |
UTC−08:00
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