PST to CDT Converter
Time Difference
Pacific Standard Time is 2 hours behind Central Standard Time
5:00 pm17:00 in PST is 7:00 pm19:00 in CST
PST to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-3pm in PST which corresponds to 11am-6pm in CDT
5:00 pm17:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
7:00 pm19:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 PST / 7:00 pm19:00 CST
PST | CST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 2am |
1am | 3am |
2am | 4am |
3am | 5am |
4am | 6am |
5am | 7am |
6am | 8am |
7am | 9am |
8am | 10am |
9am | 11am |
10am | 12pm (noon) |
11am | 1pm |
12pm (noon) | 2pm |
1pm | 3pm |
2pm | 4pm |
3pm | 5pm |
4pm | 6pm |
5pm | 7pm |
6pm | 8pm |
7pm | 9pm |
8pm | 10pm |
9pm | 11pm |
10pm | 12am (midnight) |
11pm | 1am |
0:00 | 2:00 |
1:00 | 3:00 |
2:00 | 4:00 |
3:00 | 5:00 |
4:00 | 6:00 |
5:00 | 7:00 |
6:00 | 8:00 |
7:00 | 9:00 |
8:00 | 10:00 |
9:00 | 11:00 |
10:00 | 12:00 |
11:00 | 13:00 |
12:00 | 14:00 |
13:00 | 15:00 |
14:00 | 16:00 |
15:00 | 17:00 |
16:00 | 18:00 |
17:00 | 19:00 |
18:00 | 20:00 |
19:00 | 21:00 |
20:00 | 22:00 |
21:00 | 23:00 |
22:00 | 0:00 |
23:00 | 1:00 |
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 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 PST 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
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

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 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) started on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 5, 2023, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ends on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on second Sunday of March.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- Paraguay Summer Time - UTC -3
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Havana, Houston, Iztapalapa
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) has ended on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 5, 2023, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) starts on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March
CDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Chicago
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- 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/Resolute
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
- Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone