What is the Pacific Time Zone?
Q: What is the Pacific Time Zone?
A: The Pacific Time Zone is one of the time zones in the world that is based on the mean solar time of the 105th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory.
Q: How far ahead or behind is the Pacific Time Zone compared to Coordinated Universal Time?
A: Normally, the Pacific Time Zone is 8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time.
Q: Which countries have the Pacific Time Zone?
A: The Pacific Time Zone is in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Q: Which city in the Pacific Time Zone has the largest metropolitan area?
A: Los Angeles, California, is the city with the largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Time Zone.
Q: What is the Pacific Time Zone called during Daylight Savings Time?
A: During Daylight Savings Time, the Pacific Time Zone is called Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), which is represented by UTC-7.
Q: What is the Pacific Time Zone called during the winter?
A: During the winter, the Pacific Time Zone is called Pacific Standard Time (PST), which is represented by UTC-8.
Q: Which areas of Canada, the United States, and Mexico are included in the Pacific Time Zone?
A: In Canada, all of Yukon, Tungsten, Northwest Territories, and most of British Columbia are included. In the United States, it includes the entire states of Washington and California, as well as most of Oregon and Nevada. Parts of the Idaho Panhandle are also part of the Pacific Time Zone. In Mexico, Baja California Norte uses the Pacific Time Zone.
