Pacific Time Area Codes

What the Pacific Time zone covers

The Pacific Time zone includes California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington. Pacific Time covers the West Coast — California, most of Oregon and Washington, and Nevada.

UTC offset and daylight saving

This zone runs at UTC−8 in winter (PST) and UTC−7 in summer (PDT). It observes daylight saving time. Pacific is three hours behind Eastern. Call East Coast offices before mid-afternoon your time to catch business hours.

Best time to call this zone

Standard business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) in this zone are when you're most likely to reach an office or store. Pacific is three hours behind Eastern. Call East Coast offices before mid-afternoon your time to catch business hours. If you only have a phone number, our phone number finder tells you which zone it belongs to.