Meanings
- The time zone that encompasses the west coast of the United States, Baja California in Mexico, and formerly, British Columbia and Yukon in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March; it is eight hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-8).
Synonyms: Pacific Time Zone, Pacific Time, PST
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe time zone that encompasses the west coast of the United States, Baja California in Mexico, and formerly, British Columbia and Yukon in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March; it is eight hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-8).
More synonyms by meaning
nounstandard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French heure normale du Pacifique
- heure normale du Pacifiquetime zone
Cite this entry
Pacific Standard Time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pacific%20Standard%20Time
“Pacific Standard Time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pacific%20Standard%20Time. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pacific Standard Time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pacific%20Standard%20Time.
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