Philippine Standard Time
Philippine Standard Time (PST or PhST; Filipino: Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), is the official name for the time zone used in the Philippines. The country only uses a single time zone, at an offset of UTC+08:00, but has used daylight saving time for brief periods in the 20th century until July 28, 1990.
| Philippine Standard Time | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | |
The Clock tower of Manila City Hall is the icon for synchronizing the time in the whole Philippine archipelago. The purposes of these Philippine "towering timepieces" are to tell the time and to serve as landmarks. | |
| UTC offset | |
| PHT | UTC+08:00 |
| Current time | |
| 20:17, 15 February 2024 PHT [refresh] | |
| Observance of DST | |
| DST is not observed in this time zone. | |
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