PST to CST to Seattle, WA, USA
Compare PST time with CST and Seattle 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 0 hours ahead of PST (Pacific Standard Time)
4:00 am04:00 in PST is 6:00 am06:00 in CST and is 4:00 am04:00 in Seattle, WA, USA
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 Seattle call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm in PST which corresponds to 9am-5pm in Seattle
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
4:00 am04:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (Seattle, WA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST / 6:00 am06:00 CST / 4:00 am04:00 Seattle, WA, USA
| PST | CST | Seattle, WA, USA |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 2am | 12am (midnight) |
| 1am | 3am | 1am |
| 2am | 4am | 2am |
| 3am | 5am | 3am |
| 4am | 6am | 4am |
| 5am | 7am | 5am |
| 6am | 8am | 6am |
| 7am | 9am | 7am |
| 8am | 10am | 8am |
| 9am | 11am | 9am |
| 10am | 12pm (noon) | 10am |
| 11am | 1pm | 11am |
| 12pm (noon) | 2pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 1pm | 3pm | 1pm |
| 2pm | 4pm | 2pm |
| 3pm | 5pm | 3pm |
| 4pm | 6pm | 4pm |
| 5pm | 7pm | 5pm |
| 6pm | 8pm | 6pm |
| 7pm | 9pm | 7pm |
| 8pm | 10pm | 8pm |
| 9pm | 11pm | 9pm |
| 10pm | 12am (midnight) | 10pm |
| 11pm | 1am | 11pm |
| 00:00 | 02:00 | 00:00 |
| 01:00 | 03:00 | 01:00 |
| 02:00 | 04:00 | 02:00 |
| 03:00 | 05:00 | 03:00 |
| 04:00 | 06:00 | 04:00 |
| 05:00 | 07:00 | 05:00 |
| 06:00 | 08:00 | 06:00 |
| 07:00 | 09:00 | 07:00 |
| 08:00 | 10:00 | 08:00 |
| 09:00 | 11:00 | 09:00 |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | 10:00 |
| 11:00 | 13:00 | 11:00 |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | 12:00 |
| 13:00 | 15:00 | 13:00 |
| 14:00 | 16:00 | 14:00 |
| 15:00 | 17:00 | 15:00 |
| 16:00 | 18:00 | 16:00 |
| 17:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | 18:00 |
| 19:00 | 21:00 | 19:00 |
| 20:00 | 22:00 | 20:00 |
| 21:00 | 23:00 | 21:00 |
| 22:00 | 00:00 | 22:00 |
| 23:00 | 01:00 | 23:00 |
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
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).
Start: 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.
End: 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
- -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 an offset of eight hours 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
- 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
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
Seattle Information
Time Zone
PST - Pacific Standard Time
-8:00 hours during Pacific Standard Time.
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.