View, compare and convert current time in pst (pacific standard time (north america)) †time zone, daylight saving time, time change, time difference with other cities. Pacific standard time (pst) is a standard time zone in use from the first sunday in november to the second sunday in marchâ€when daylight saving time (dst) is not in effect. Pacific standard time is eight hours behind the coordinated universal time standard, written as an offset of utc - 8.