PST: Pacific Standard Time
US & Canada Pacific
Sunday, 27th September 2026
What PST actually is
UTC-8 in winter, UTC-7 (PDT) in summer. Most of the year the US west coast is technically on PDT, not PST.
Careful: US & Canada Pacific is not on PST at the moment. It is currently PDT (UTC-7) because of daylight saving.
PST means 2 different things
This is the whole reason calendar software uses IANA identifiers instead of abbreviations. All of them, live:
US & Canada Pacific
UTC-8 in winter, UTC-7 (PDT) in summer. Most of the year the US west coast is technically on PDT, not PST.
Clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, 1st November 2026, at 1:59 am local time (1:00 am after the change).
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Questions people ask
What time is it in PST right now?
2:22 am (02:22) on Sunday, 27th September 2026, for US & Canada Pacific. Careful: PST means 2 different things. The other meanings and their current times are listed below.
What does PST stand for?
Pacific Standard Time. UTC-8 in winter, UTC-7 (PDT) in summer. Most of the year the US west coast is technically on PDT, not PST.
What is the UTC offset of PST?
US & Canada Pacific: UTC-7; Philippine Standard Time: UTC+8.
Why does PST mean more than one time zone?
Time-zone abbreviations were never standardised: several countries independently picked the same letters. PST is one of the worst offenders, with 2 meanings in current use. This is why calendar software and databases use IANA identifiers like America/Los_Angeles instead: they are unique, and they carry the daylight-saving rules with them.