Current time in Los Angeles: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 9:34:06 AMPST Los Angeles will stay on PST until Sunday, March 14, 2010 going to PDT
Time zone offset: UTC - 7 hours
PDT is 7 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Note that PDT is a daylight saving time/summer time zone. It is generally only used during the summer in the places listed below, during the winter PST is used instead
Time zone abbreviations: PDT, HAP
Full name is Pacific Daylight Time
HAP – Heure Avancée du Pacifique (French)
Email time zone indicator: -0700
An email sent from someone in the PDT time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0700" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0700" does not have to be in PDT, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples below
Where and when is PDT observed?
PDT is used in the summer in these US states (PST during winter)
California
Idaho - western counties
Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone and north part of Idaho
Nevada
Oregon - except most of Malheur county
Washington
PDT is used during summer in these Canadian provinces (PST during winter)
British Columbia - except for these eastern communities
Cranbrook, Golden, Invermere which is in the MST/MDT zone
Yukon
PDT is used during summer in these Mexican states (PST during winter)
Baja California Norte
Time zone maps are under development and will be available later