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Pacific Time Zone
Pacific Time Zone
UTC offset
PST	UTC−8:00
PDT	UTC−7:00
Current time (Refresh the clock.)
PDT	1:39 pm on 26 Jun 2012
Obsevance of DST
DST is observed throughout this time zone between the 2nd Sunday in March and the 1st Sunday in November.
DST began	11 Mar 2012
DST ends	4 Nov 2012

The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−8). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTC−7.

In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called Pacific Time (PT). Specifically, it is Pacific Standard Time (PST) when observing standard time (Winter), and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) when observing daylight saving time (Summer). Most of Canada uses daylight saving time. In Mexico the UTC−8 time zone is known as the Northwest Zone, which is synchronized with the U.S. PDT daylight saving schedule.

The largest city in the Pacific Time Zone is Los Angeles, California; the city's metropolitan area is the largest in the zone.

The zone is one hour ahead of the Alaska Time Zone, one hour behind the Mountain Time Zone and three hours behind the Eastern Time Zone.

United States[link]

The following states or areas are part of the Pacific Time Zone:

• California - all.
• Washington - all.
• Oregon – all, except for northern three quarters of Malheur County, on Idaho border (the dividing line goes through the southwest corner of township 35 S, range 37 E, and lies at a latitude of approximately 42.4507448 N).
• Nevada – all, except for the border town of West Wendover (near Utah), which observes the Mountain Time Zone. Also, the border town of Jackpot (near Idaho) unofficially observes Mountain Time Zone.
• Idaho – northern half, north of Salmon River.

The town of Hyder, Alaska is officially on the Alaska Time Zone, but most of the town uses the Pacific Time Zone since much of its community is dependent on nearby town Stewart, British Columbia, which is on Pacific Time Zone. The United States Post Office in Hyder strictly adheres to Alaska Time Zone.

Arizona is in the Mountain Time Zone but does not observe daylight saving time (except in the Navajo Nation), so while technically it is on Mountain Standard Time, it is effectively on Pacific Daylight Time from mid-March to early November.

Canada[link]

In Canada, Pacific Time includes almost all of the province of British Columbia (except for the Highway 95 corridor and portions around Tumbler Ridge, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Golden and Creston), all of Yukon and Tungsten, Northwest Territories.

Mexico[link]

In Mexico, the state of Baja California is completely within and the only part of Mexico in PST. Also the westernmost of the Revillagigedo Islands, Clarion Island (in the state of Colima), observes MST.

Daylight time[link]

During summer months, most of Arizona, which is in the Mountain time zone but does not observe DST, is on the same time as neighboring states to the west which are on Pacific Daylight Time.

Through 2006, the local time (PST, UTC−8) changed to daylight time (PDT, UTC−7) at 02:00 LST (local standard time) to 03:00 LDT (local daylight time) on the first Sunday in April, and returned at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the last Sunday in October.

Effective in the US in 2007 as a result of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the local time changes from PST to PDT at 02:00 LST to 03:00 LDT on the second Sunday in March and the time returns at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the first Sunday in November. Canada would also acknowledge this change. In Mexico, beginning in 2010, the portion of the country in this time zone uses the extended dates, as do some other parts. The vast majority of Mexico, however, still uses the old dates.

Major cities[link]

A rough estimate of the population of the entire time zone is 53 million (i.e., the populations of Baja California (Mexican State), British Columbia (Canadian Province), California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and the Yukon combined).^{[citation needed]}

• Over 1,000,000 residents
  • Los Angeles, California, USA*
  • San Diego, California, USA
  • Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
• Over 800,000 residents
  • San Francisco, California, USA
  • San Jose, California, USA
• Over 400,000 residents
  • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
  • Fresno, California, USA
  • Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  • Long Beach, California, USA
  • Oakland, California, USA
  • Portland, Oregon, USA
  • Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Sacramento, California USA
  • Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
• Over 200,000 residents
  • Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
  • Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
  • Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
  • Anaheim, California, USA
  • Bakersfield, California, USA
  • Fremont, California, USA
  • Glendale, California, USA
  • Henderson, Nevada, USA
  • Irvine, California, USA
  • Modesto, California, USA
  • Oxnard, California, USA
  • Reno, Nevada, USA
  • Riverside, California, USA
  • San Bernardino, California, USA
  • Santa Ana, California, USA
  • Spokane, Washington, USA
  • Stockton, California, USA
  • Tacoma, Washington, USA

* Largest city in time zone

See also[link]

• Effects of time on North American broadcasting

Sources[link]

• The official U.S. time for the Pacific Time Zone
• Official times across Canada
• World time zone map
• U.S. time zone map
• History of U.S. time zones and UTC conversion
• Canada time zone map
• Time zones for major world cities

Amanda Berry Smith (January 23, 1837 – February 24, 1915)^[1] was a former slave who became an inspiration to thousands of women both black and white. She was born in Long Green, Maryland, a small town in Baltimore County. Her father's name was Samuel Berry while her mother's name was Mariam. Her father, a slave, worked for years at night and after long days of field labour, he had to make brooms and husk mats to pay for freedom for his whole family of 7.

Childhood[link]

Amanda taught herself how to read by cutting out large letters from newspapers and asking her mother to draw them into words. When she was thirteen, only having three and a half months of formal schooling, Amanda went to work near York, Pennsylvania, as the servant of a widow with five children. While there, she attended a revival service at the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Adult[link]

She worked hard as a cook and a washerwoman to provide for herself and her daughter after her husband was killed in the American Civil War. Prayer became a way of life for her as she trusted God for shoes, the money to buy her sisters freedom and food for her family. She became well known for her beautiful voice and hence, opportunities to evangelize in the South and West opened up for her. Wherever she travelled, she wore a plain poke bonnet and a brown or black Quaker wrapper, and she carried her own carpetbag suitcase.

In 1876, she was invited to speak and sing in England travelling on a first class cabin provided by her friends. The captain invited her to conduct a religious service on board and she was so modest that the other passengers spread word of her and resulted in her stay in England and Scotland for a year and a half. After her trip, she returned to her homeland and eventually founded the Amanda Smith Orphans' Home for African-American children in a suburb of Chicago. She continued to visit various nations and gained a reputation as "God's image carved in ebony."

Her autobiography was published in 1893.

Amanda Smith retired to Sebring, Florida in 1912.

References[link]

1. ^ "The Final Ministry of Amanda Berry Smith". Illinois Heritage. http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1998/ihwt9820.html. Retrieved 2007-05-18. 

External links[link]

• An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist: Containing an Account of Her Life Work of Faith, and Her Travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa as an Independent Missionary. Chicago: Meyer & Brother Publishers, 1893.
• autobiography: NYPL online text

Tiago Filipe dos Santos Pires (born 2 January 1987) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Atlético Reguengos.

Biography[link]

Tiago Pires was signed by Genoa in mid-2006,^[1] along with Diogo Tavares. In 2007–08 season, he was loaned to Lugano along with Alessandro Di Maio, Diogo Tavares and Rivaldo González. In August 2008 he was loaned to Potenza along with José Mamede.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (Italian)
• TuttoCalciatori.net Profile (Italian)
• Fora de Jogo Profile

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