What is Pacific Time Zone?
[[File:Pst.PNG|thumb|Pacific Time Zone is shown in red]] The '''Pacific Time Zone''' is one of the [[Time zone|time zones]] in the world. It is based on the [[mean solar time]] of the 120th meridian west of the [[Greenwich Observatory]]. Normally, its time is 8 hours before [[Coordinated Universal Time]]. The time zone is in the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]]. The biggest [[city]] in the zone is [[Los Angeles, California]]; its [[metropolitan area]] is the largest in the zone. During Daylight Savings Time, the Pacific Time Zone is represented by UTC−7. This time zone is called Pacific Time (PT). During winter it is '''Pacific Standard Time''' (PST) which is '''UTC-8''' and in summer it is '''Pacific Daylight Time''' (PDT) which is '''UTC-7'''. ==Places that are in Pacific Time Zone== ===Canada=== Tungsten, [[Northwest Territories]]; and most of [[British Columbia]]. As of Nov 2020, all of [[Yukon]] is in MST year-round ('''UTC-7'''), which is aligned with PDT in the summer. <ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/canada/yukon#:~:text=Yukon%20currently%20observes%20Mountain%20Standard,was%20on%20November%201%2C%202020.|title=Yukon Time Zone}} </ref> ===United States=== It includes the entire states of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[California]] It also contains most of [[Oregon]] and [[Nevada]]. Parts of the [[Idaho]] Panhandle are part of the Pacific Time Zone. ===Mexico=== The state of [[Baja California (state)|Baja California]] uses Pacific Time Zone. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Time zones in the United States]] [[Category:Time in Canada]]