What is a hurricane? A hurricane is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters.
Pacific Standard Time. Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America. Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, Pitcairn, United States. Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people.
â¢ PST is one of the time zones observed by North America. PDT is a variation of this time zone. â¢ Both PST and PDT are observed by several states in US, Canada, and Mexico. â¢ The purpose of PST is to tell the time in reference to GMT or UTC. However, the purpose of PDT is saving daylight time during the summer. â¢ PST is eight hours behind UTC. So, PST is UTC â 8. PDT is seven hours behind UTC. So, PDT is UTC â 7. So, the difference between PDT and PST is one hour. â¢ States that observe PST and PDT are as follows. The US states that follow PST and PDT are California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Canadian provinces where PDT is used during summers and PST the rest of the time are British Columbia and Yukon.