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PST
Pacific Standard Time
GMT -8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CST
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
MYT
Malaysia Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

PST 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.

PST to IST

For most of the year, PDT is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. During seasonal clock changes, PST is 13 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 9:30 pm to 5:30 am (next day) in IST. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 10:30 pm to 6:30 am (next day) in IST.

PST to MYT

For most of the year, PDT is 15 hours behind MYT. During seasonal clock changes, PST is 16 hours behind MYT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 12:00 am (next day) to 8:00 am (next day) in MYT. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 1:00 am (next day) to 9:00 am (next day) in MYT.

Compare PST time with CST, IST, and MYT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Pacific Standard Time is 2 hours behind Central Standard Time and 13 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time and 16 hours behind Malaysia Time
4:00 am04:00 in PST is 6:00 am06:00 in CST and is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST and is 8:00 pm20:00 in MYT

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
PST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm in PST which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am in IST (next day)
PST to MYT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm in PST which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am in MYT (next day)

4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Malaysia Time (MYT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

4:00 am04:00 PST / 6:00 am06:00 CST / 5:30 pm17:30 IST / 8:00 pm20:00 MYT

PSTCSTISTMYT
12am (midnight)2am1:30 pm4pm
1am3am2:30 pm5pm
2am4am3:30 pm6pm
3am5am4:30 pm7pm
4am6am5:30 pm8pm
5am7am6:30 pm9pm
6am8am7:30 pm10pm
7am9am8:30 pm11pm
8am10am9:30 pm12am (midnight)
9am11am10:30 pm1am
10am12pm (noon)11:30 pm2am
11am1pm12:30 am3am
12pm (noon)2pm1:30 am4am
1pm3pm2:30 am5am
2pm4pm3:30 am6am
3pm5pm4:30 am7am
4pm6pm5:30 am8am
5pm7pm6:30 am9am
6pm8pm7:30 am10am
7pm9pm8:30 am11am
8pm10pm9:30 am12pm (noon)
9pm11pm10:30 am1pm
10pm12am (midnight)11:30 am2pm
11pm1am12:30 pm3pm
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01:0003:0014:3017:00
02:0004:0015:3018:00
03:0005:0016:3019:00
04:0006:0017:3020:00
05:0007:0018:3021:00
06:0008:0019:3022:00
07:0009:0020:3023:00
08:0010:0021:3000:00
09:0011:0022:3001:00
10:0012:0023:3002:00
11:0013:0000:3003:00
12:0014:0001:3004:00
13:0015:0002:3005:00
14:0016:0003:3006:00
15:0017:0004:3007:00
16:0018:0005:3008:00
17:0019:0006:3009:00
18:0020:0007:3010:00
19:0021:0008:3011:00
20:0022:0009:3012:00
21:0023:0010:3013:00
22:0000:0011:3014:00
23:0001:0012:3015:00

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 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 PST 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: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST Time Zone Geo Map
PST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Pacific Standard Time (PST) 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Pacific Standard Time (PST) 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.

PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform 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

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: 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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
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

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IST Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2

Malaysia Time

Offset: MYT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Malaysia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MYT time zone is Kota Bharu in Malaysia, with about 1.46 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kuala Lumpur, Klang, Kampung Baru Subang, Johor Bahru.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Malaysia Time (MYT) do not change for daylight saving time, so MYT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

MYT Time Zone Geo Map
MYT timezone map

MYT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for MYT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time