PST to CT Converter
Time Difference
Pacific Standard Time is 2 hours behind of Central Time
6:00 am06:00 in PST is 8:00 am08:00 in CT
PST to CT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-4pm in PST which corresponds to 10am-6pm in CT
6:00 am06:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 PST / 8:00 am08:00 CT
PST | CT |
---|---|
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
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: PST started and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
End: PST ends and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

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
- US/Pacific-New
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
- YDT - Yukon Daylight Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
Central Time
Central Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.
Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.
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.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
CT 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 CT
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
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 -