Pacific Time Zone

Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone is a time zone encompassing parts 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. The largest city in the Pacific Time zone is Los Angeles, whose metropolitan area is also the largest in the zone.

About Pacific Time Zone in brief

Summary Pacific Time ZoneThe Pacific Time Zone is a time zone encompassing parts 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. During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07: 00 is used. In Mexico, the corresponding time zone is known as the Zona Noroeste and observes the same daylight saving schedule as the U.S.

and Canada. The largest city in the Pacific Time zone is Los Angeles, whose metropolitan area is also the largest in the zone. The zone is two hours ahead of the Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone.