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CST to PST

Central Standard Time (US) to Pacific Standard Time, with the offset for today's date rather than an average.

PST time-2hours

Pacific Standard Time is behind Central Standard Time (US) — noon in CST is 10:00 am in PDT

CDT today UTC-05:00
PDT today UTC-07:00
Working-hour overlap 6 h

Convert a specific time from Central Standard Time (US) to Pacific Standard Time
CST (Central Standard Time (US))PST (Pacific Standard Time)Working hours in both?
7:00 am 5:00 am No
8:00 am 6:00 am No
9:00 am 7:00 am No
10:00 am 8:00 am No
11:00 am 9:00 am Yes
12:00 pm 10:00 am Yes
1:00 pm 11:00 am Yes
2:00 pm 12:00 pm Yes
3:00 pm 1:00 pm Yes
4:00 pm 2:00 pm Yes
5:00 pm 3:00 pm No
6:00 pm 4:00 pm No
7:00 pm 5:00 pm No
8:00 pm 6:00 pm No

This calculator needs JavaScript to recalculate. Without it you are reading the answer worked out on 28 August 2026, which is exact for that date and does not change by itself. With JavaScript on, the page works the answer out again for the date you open it.

Worked out for · conventions last checked

Which zone this page means. CST means US Central Standard Time (UTC-6) and also China Standard Time (UTC+8) — fourteen hours apart. This page means the US zone. For the Chinese zone see China Standard Time. PST is standard time only. From the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November the Pacific zone is on PDT (UTC-7). Most people write PST year-round.

CST is ahead of PST by 2 hours today

On 28 August 2026, Central Standard Time (US) is on CDT at UTC-05:00 and Pacific Standard Time is on PDT at UTC-07:00. The gap between them is 2 hours, with PST behind. So 9:00 am in CST is 7:00 am in PST, and 5:00 pm in CST is 3:00 pm in PST. Going the other way, see PST to CST.

The gap is not constant, and that is the part that catches people out

Central Standard Time (US) is currently observing daylight saving and changes next on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back an hour. Pacific Standard Time is currently observing daylight saving and changes next on 1 November 2026.

When you can actually both be at work

Taking a working day as 9:00 am to 5:00 pm local at each end, there are 6 overlapping hours in a normal day. In CST that window runs from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, which is 9:00 am to 3:00 pm in PST. Anything outside it needs one side to start early or finish late.

Zone rules are set by legislation and change, sometimes at short notice. This page is built against tzdata 2026a, last reviewed 2026-08-18. Quarterly. Zone rules change by legislation, sometimes at short notice. Version and review date are shown on every zone page. The converter above reads your browser's own copy of the zone database, so if a rule has changed since this page was built the live answer follows the new rule — and so does everything above, which is worked out from the same database when you open the page.

Every convention used above — whether the start date counts, how month ends are clamped, which holidays close an office — is written out on the methodology page, including the daylight-saving rules behind the 2-hour gap above.

Other conversions from CST

Common questions

What is the time difference between CST and PST?
The current offset is shown at the top of this page. It is computed for today's date rather than quoted as an average, because the two regions change their clocks on different dates and the gap is different for a few weeks each year.
Is CST the same as Central Standard Time (US) all year?
Not necessarily. Standard time and summer time are separate zones with separate abbreviations, so much of the year the technically correct abbreviation is the daylight one. The page states which is in force on today's date.
When do the clocks change in these zones?
The next change date for each zone is shown in the result panel, along with what the offset becomes afterwards.
What is a good meeting time between CST and PST?
The business-hours overlap window is shown below the converter. Where there is no overlap the page says so rather than suggesting an impossible time.

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