CST to PDT Converter
Time Difference
Central Standard Time is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time
2:00 pm14:00 in CST is 12:00 pm12:00 in PST
CST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm in CST which corresponds to 8am-5pm in PDT
2:00 pm14:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CST / 12:00 pm12:00 PST
CST | PST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 10pm |
1am | 11pm |
2am | 12am (midnight) |
3am | 1am |
4am | 2am |
5am | 3am |
6am | 4am |
7am | 5am |
8am | 6am |
9am | 7am |
10am | 8am |
11am | 9am |
12pm (noon) | 10am |
1pm | 11am |
2pm | 12pm (noon) |
3pm | 1pm |
4pm | 2pm |
5pm | 3pm |
6pm | 4pm |
7pm | 5pm |
8pm | 6pm |
9pm | 7pm |
10pm | 8pm |
11pm | 9pm |
0:00 | 22:00 |
1:00 | 23:00 |
2:00 | 0:00 |
3:00 | 1:00 |
4:00 | 2:00 |
5:00 | 3:00 |
6:00 | 4:00 |
7:00 | 5:00 |
8:00 | 6:00 |
9:00 | 7:00 |
10:00 | 8:00 |
11:00 | 9:00 |
12:00 | 10:00 |
13:00 | 11:00 |
14:00 | 12:00 |
15:00 | 13:00 |
16:00 | 14:00 |
17:00 | 15:00 |
18:00 | 16:00 |
19:00 | 17:00 |
20:00 | 18:00 |
21:00 | 19:00 |
22:00 | 20:00 |
23:00 | 21:00 |
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec
Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: CST started and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
End: CST ends and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
- -06 -
Pacific Daylight Time
Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose
Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).
End: PDT ended and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
Start: PDT starts and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

PDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates seven hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- US/Pacific-New
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- T - Tango Time Zone