PST to NST Converter
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PST and NST examples
These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and NST (UTC-3:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PST is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind NST.
PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to NST. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to NST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind NDT. At other times of the year, PST is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind NST. Briefly around clock changes, PDT is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind NST or PST is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind NDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 1:30 pm to 9:30 pm in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 1:30 pm to 9:30 pm in NST.
Compare PST time with NST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Standard Time is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind Newfoundland Standard Time
4:00 am04:00 in PST is 8:30 am08:30 in NST
PST to NST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12:30pm in PST which corresponds to 1:30pm-5pm in NST
4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 Newfoundland Standard Time (NST). Offset UTC -3:30 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST / 8:30 am08:30 NST
| PST | NST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 4:30 am |
| 1am | 5:30 am |
| 2am | 6:30 am |
| 3am | 7:30 am |
| 4am | 8:30 am |
| 5am | 9:30 am |
| 6am | 10:30 am |
| 7am | 11:30 am |
| 8am | 12:30 pm |
| 9am | 1:30 pm |
| 10am | 2:30 pm |
| 11am | 3:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 4:30 pm |
| 1pm | 5:30 pm |
| 2pm | 6:30 pm |
| 3pm | 7:30 pm |
| 4pm | 8:30 pm |
| 5pm | 9:30 pm |
| 6pm | 10:30 pm |
| 7pm | 11:30 pm |
| 8pm | 12:30 am |
| 9pm | 1:30 am |
| 10pm | 2:30 am |
| 11pm | 3:30 am |
| 00:00 | 04:30 |
| 01:00 | 05:30 |
| 02:00 | 06:30 |
| 03:00 | 07:30 |
| 04:00 | 08:30 |
| 05:00 | 09:30 |
| 06:00 | 10:30 |
| 07:00 | 11:30 |
| 08:00 | 12:30 |
| 09:00 | 13:30 |
| 10:00 | 14:30 |
| 11:00 | 15:30 |
| 12:00 | 16:30 |
| 13:00 | 17:30 |
| 14:00 | 18:30 |
| 15:00 | 19:30 |
| 16:00 | 20:30 |
| 17:00 | 21:30 |
| 18:00 | 22:30 |
| 19:00 | 23:30 |
| 20:00 | 00:30 |
| 21:00 | 01:30 |
| 22:00 | 02:30 |
| 23:00 | 03:30 |
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
Newfoundland Standard Time
Offset: NST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada
Principal Cities: The largest city in the NST time zone is St Johns in Canada, with about 99,182 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mount Pearl, Corner Brook, Conception Bay South.
French: HNT - Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT).
Start: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
NST representations, usage and related time zones
- -0330 - basic
- -03:30 - extended
- -0330 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.
- America/St_Johns
- Canada/Newfoundland