PDT to UTC to CST Time Converter
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PDT to UTC
For most of the year, PDT is 7 hours behind UTC. During seasonal clock changes, PST is 8 hours behind UTC.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in UTC. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in UTC.
PDT to CST
For most of the year, PDT is 2 hours behind CDT. During seasonal clock changes, PST is 2 hours behind CST. Briefly around those changes, PDT is 1 hour behind CST or PST is 3 hours behind CDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in CDT. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in CST.
Compare PDT time with UTC and CST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Standard Time is 8 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 2 hours behind Central Standard Time
4:00 am04:00 in PST is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 6:00 am06:00 in CST
PST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in PST which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in UTC
PST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in PST which corresponds to 11am-5pm in CST
4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 6:00 am06:00 CST
| PST | UTC | CST |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 8am | 2am |
| 1am | 9am | 3am |
| 2am | 10am | 4am |
| 3am | 11am | 5am |
| 4am | 12pm (noon) | 6am |
| 5am | 1pm | 7am |
| 6am | 2pm | 8am |
| 7am | 3pm | 9am |
| 8am | 4pm | 10am |
| 9am | 5pm | 11am |
| 10am | 6pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 11am | 7pm | 1pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 8pm | 2pm |
| 1pm | 9pm | 3pm |
| 2pm | 10pm | 4pm |
| 3pm | 11pm | 5pm |
| 4pm | 12am (midnight) | 6pm |
| 5pm | 1am | 7pm |
| 6pm | 2am | 8pm |
| 7pm | 3am | 9pm |
| 8pm | 4am | 10pm |
| 9pm | 5am | 11pm |
| 10pm | 6am | 12am (midnight) |
| 11pm | 7am | 1am |
| 00:00 | 08:00 | 02:00 |
| 01:00 | 09:00 | 03:00 |
| 02:00 | 10:00 | 04:00 |
| 03:00 | 11:00 | 05:00 |
| 04:00 | 12:00 | 06:00 |
| 05:00 | 13:00 | 07:00 |
| 06:00 | 14:00 | 08:00 |
| 07:00 | 15:00 | 09:00 |
| 08:00 | 16:00 | 10:00 |
| 09:00 | 17:00 | 11:00 |
| 10:00 | 18:00 | 12:00 |
| 11:00 | 19:00 | 13:00 |
| 12:00 | 20:00 | 14:00 |
| 13:00 | 21:00 | 15:00 |
| 14:00 | 22:00 | 16:00 |
| 15:00 | 23:00 | 17:00 |
| 16:00 | 00:00 | 18:00 |
| 17:00 | 01:00 | 19:00 |
| 18:00 | 02:00 | 20:00 |
| 19:00 | 03:00 | 21:00 |
| 20:00 | 04:00 | 22:00 |
| 21:00 | 05:00 | 23:00 |
| 22:00 | 06:00 | 00:00 |
| 23:00 | 07:00 | 01:00 |
Pacific Daylight Time
Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.
French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste
Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).
End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November
Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March
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 an offset of seven hours 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
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone
Universal Time Coordinated
Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
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 an offset of six hours 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/Chihuahua
- 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/Ojinaga
- 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
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone