Time zone · Asia
PST
Philippine Standard Time
Philippine Standard Time (PST) spans the entire Philippines countrywide, where millions of Filipinos live, work, and connect across UTC+08:00. With no daylight saving shifts to track, the offset never changes when you coordinate with Manila.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+08:00
Standard · PST
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About PST
A fixed, year-round offset.
Philippine Standard Time (PST) spans the entire Philippines countrywide, where millions of Filipinos live, work, and connect across UTC+08:00. With no daylight saving shifts to track, the offset never changes when you coordinate with Manila.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to PST.
For software, always store the IANA identifier — never the abbreviation alone. The database keeps these zones distinct because their rules can, and historically did, diverge.
Cities across PST
Local time, city by city.
19 cities
Where PST is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+08:00
Other zones at UTC+08:00 right now.
These named zones share PST's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
Convert
PST to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about PST, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Is Philippine Standard Time the same as Pacific Standard Time?
- No, Philippine Standard Time has its own PST abbreviation and is fixed at UTC+08:00, while Pacific Standard Time in the Americas is typically UTC-08:00. The two continent-based labels are often confused, which is why many teams spell out 'Philippine' or use Asia/Manila in software to avoid mix-ups.
- Why doesn’t the Philippines use DST?
- The country sits close to the equator, so daylight length barely changes across the year. This makes daylight saving shifts unnecessary for productivity or energy savings, and simplifies both local plans and international scheduling.
- When did PST become the country’s main standard time?
- The Philippines has used UTC+08:00 as standard time since 1899, apart from the wartime years and a few short summer-time periods. The last clock change came on July 28, 1990, when a brief daylight saving period ended. The Philippine Standard Time Act of 2013 (Republic Act 10535) formally named it Philippine Standard Time.
- What does a fixed offset mean for project deadlines with the Philippines?
- Because Philippine time never moves, a deadline set in Manila time always falls at the same UTC time. Partners in the U.S. or Europe will still see its local time shift by an hour when their own clocks change.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
Free · Developer API
This time zone, as JSON.
Its defining offset, DST status and member counts, from one endpoint.
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