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Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts
Pacific Time Zone
of western Canada, the western United States, and western
Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting
eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC8). During
daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC7 is used.

In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically

called the "Pacific Time Zone". Specifically, time in this zone is
referred to as "Pacific Standard Time" (PST) when standard time is
being observed (early November to mid-March), and "Pacific
Daylight Time" (PDT) when daylight saving time (mid-March to
early November) is being observed. In Mexico, the corresponding
time zone is known as the Zona Noroeste (Northwest Zone) and
observes the same daylight saving schedule as the U.S. and
Canada. The largest city in the Pacific Time Zone is Los Angeles;
the city's metropolitan area is the largest in the zone.

The zone is two hours ahead of the HawaiiAleutian Time Zone,

one hour ahead of the Alaska Time Zone, one hour behind the
Mountain Time Zone,[nb 1] two hours behind the Central Time
Zone, and three hours behind the Eastern Time Zone.

Pacific Time Zone

UTC offset
Contents PST UTC8:00
Canada PDT UTC7:00
Mexico
United States
Observance of DST

Daylight time DST is observed throughout this time zone

See also between the 2nd Sunday in March and the 1st
Sunday in November.
Notes
External links DST ended Nov 5, 2017
DST begins Mar 11, 2018

Canada
Only one Canadian territory is entirely in the Pacific Time Zone:

Yukon
One Canadian province and one territory are split between the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone:

British Columbia all, except for the Highway 95 corridor (including Golden and Creston) in the southeast, and
Tumbler Ridge, Fort St. John, and Dawson Creek in the northeast
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Northwest Territories Tungsten

Mexico
In Mexico, the Zona Noroeste, which corresponds to Pacific Time in the United States and Canada, includes:

Baja California
Colima Clarion Island

United States
Two states are fully contained in the Pacific Time Zone:

California
Washington
Three states are split between the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone:

Idaho Idaho Panhandle

Nevada all, except for West Wendover and Jackpot, Mountain City, Owyhee, and Jarbidge.
Oregon all, except for the majority of Malheur County
One state is split between the Pacific Time Zone and the Alaska Time Zone:

Alaska Hyder

Daylight time
Through 2006, the local time (PST, UTC8) changed to daylight time (PDT, UTC7) at 02:00 LST (local standard time) to
03:00 LDT (local daylight time) on the first Sunday in April, and returned at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the last Sunday
in October.

Effective in the U.S. in 2007 as a result of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the local time changes from PST to PDT at 02:00
LST to 03:00 LDT on the second Sunday in March and the time returns at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the first Sunday in
November. The Canadian provinces and territories that use daylight time each adopted these dates between October 2005
and February 2007. In Mexico, beginning in 2010, the portion of the country in this time zone uses the extended dates, as
do some other parts. The vast majority of Mexico, however, still uses the old dates.

See also
Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting

Notes
1. Most of Arizona uses standard time year-round, so during daylight saving time, the Pacific Time Zone is actually on
the same time as most of Arizona.

External links
The Official NIST US Time (http://www.time.gov/)
Official times across Canada (http://time5.nrc.ca/webclock_e.shtml)

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World time zone map (http://www.travel.com.hk/region/timezone.htm)

U.S. time zone map (http://geography.about.com/library/misc/ntimezones.htm)
History of U.S. time zones and UTC conversion (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/us_tzones.php)
Canada time zone map (http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-canada12.html)
Time zones for major world cities (http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html)

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