CST to PST converter
PST is 2 hours behind CST. CST and PST are exactly 2 hours apart on every day of the year. The full hour-by-hour table is below, and it reads perfectly well with JavaScript turned off. No account, no email address.
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CST to PST, hour by hour
Shaded rows are inside a nine-to-five working day in both Chicago and Los Angeles.
| CST | PST |
|---|---|
| 6:00am | 4:00am |
| 7:00am | 5:00am |
| 8:00am | 6:00am |
| 9:00am | 7:00am |
| 10:00am | 8:00am |
| 11:00am | 9:00am |
| 12:00pm | 10:00am |
| 1:00pm | 11:00am |
| 2:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 8:00pm |
CST to PST never changes by an hour
Both are United States zones, both change their clocks on the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November, and both move by the same hour on the same morning. There is no date on which this conversion is anything other than 2 hours behind.
What changes is the name. Between March and November those same two clocks are properly called CDT and PDT, for Central Daylight Time and Pacific Daylight Time. Almost nobody switches, and it does not matter here: whoever writes CST in July has the right time and the wrong letters.
CST and PST
- Same all year
- Yes
- Shared office hours
- 6 hours
Booking a call between Chicago and Los Angeles
You share about 6 hours of a normal nine-to-five day. 11:00am to 5:00pm in CST is 9:00am to 3:00pm in PST. That is inside office hours at both ends, and the only window where neither side is doing you a favour.
When it is 9:00am in Chicago it is 7:00am in Los Angeles. When Los Angeles opens at 9:00am, Chicago reads 11:00am.
CST covers the US midwest, Texas and central Canada, including Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Winnipeg and Mexico City. PST covers the US west coast and British Columbia, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and San Diego.
EST to PDT, MDT to PST are the same conversion
EST to PDT, MDT to PST describe exactly the same 2 hours shift as CST to PST. The letters differ because they name the winter and summer forms of the same clocks; the arithmetic does not differ at all.
So the table above answers those queries too. There is no second page to look for, and no version of the year in which the answer is different.
CST to PST: common questions
What time is it in PST when it is 9am CST?
7:00am. PST is 2 hours behind CST. The table above runs the same conversion for every hour of the day.
Is CST to PST ever a different number of hours?
No. Both are United States zones and both change their clocks on the same two mornings, so the difference is 2 hours in January and the same in July. The abbreviations change to CDT and PDT in summer; the gap does not.
Does converting CST to PST ever change the date?
For most of the working day, no: the two clocks stay on the same calendar day. Late evening and very early morning can straddle midnight, which is why the table above shows the day alongside the time.
What is a good time to schedule a call between CST and PST?
You share about 6 hours of the normal nine-to-five working day: 11:00am to 5:00pm in CST is 9:00am to 3:00pm in PST. Anything inside that window is inside office hours at both ends.
Is this CST to PST converter free?
Yes, completely. No account, no email address, no trial. The table works with JavaScript turned off and nothing you type is sent anywhere.
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