Pacific Standard Time

English thumb|right|350 px|Time zone map of the United States, with the Pacific Standard Time zone the portion in purple. Proper noun Pacific Standard Time 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). en Pacific Time Zone Pacific Time PST initialism en Pacific Daylight Time Translations time zone French: fr heure normale du Pacifique f See also en Mountain Standard Time Central Standard Time Eastern Standard Time Atlantic Standard Time en Time zones