PT to IST to CST
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time and 2 hours behind Central Daylight Time
10:30 am10:30 in PDT is 11:00 pm23:00 in IST and is 12:30 pm12:30 in CDT
PT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6am-8am in PT which corresponds to 7:30pm-9:30pm in IST
PT to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-4pm in PT which corresponds to 10am-6pm in CST
10:30 am10:30 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
12:30 pm12:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
10:30 am10:30 PDT / 11:00 pm23:00 IST / 12:30 pm12:30 CDT
PT | IST | CDT |
---|---|---|
12am (midnight) | 12:30 pm | 2am |
1am | 1:30 pm | 3am |
2am | 2:30 pm | 4am |
3am | 3:30 pm | 5am |
4am | 4:30 pm | 6am |
5am | 5:30 pm | 7am |
6am | 6:30 pm | 8am |
7am | 7:30 pm | 9am |
8am | 8:30 pm | 10am |
9am | 9:30 pm | 11am |
10am | 10:30 pm | 12pm (noon) |
11am | 11:30 pm | 1pm |
12pm (noon) | 12:30 am | 2pm |
1pm | 1:30 am | 3pm |
2pm | 2:30 am | 4pm |
3pm | 3:30 am | 5pm |
4pm | 4:30 am | 6pm |
5pm | 5:30 am | 7pm |
6pm | 6:30 am | 8pm |
7pm | 7:30 am | 9pm |
8pm | 8:30 am | 10pm |
9pm | 9:30 am | 11pm |
10pm | 10:30 am | 12am (midnight) |
11pm | 11:30 am | 1am |
0:00 | 12:30 | 2:00 |
1:00 | 13:30 | 3:00 |
2:00 | 14:30 | 4:00 |
3:00 | 15:30 | 5:00 |
4:00 | 16:30 | 6:00 |
5:00 | 17:30 | 7:00 |
6:00 | 18:30 | 8:00 |
7:00 | 19:30 | 9:00 |
8:00 | 20:30 | 10:00 |
9:00 | 21:30 | 11:00 |
10:00 | 22:30 | 12:00 |
11:00 | 23:30 | 13:00 |
12:00 | 0:30 | 14:00 |
13:00 | 1:30 | 15:00 |
14:00 | 2:30 | 16:00 |
15:00 | 3:30 | 17:00 |
16:00 | 4:30 | 18:00 |
17:00 | 5:30 | 19:00 |
18:00 | 6:30 | 20:00 |
19:00 | 7:30 | 21:00 |
20:00 | 8:30 | 22:00 |
21:00 | 9:30 | 23:00 |
22:00 | 10:30 | 0:00 |
23:00 | 11:30 | 1:00 |
Pacific Time
Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in the United States and Canada. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.
Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.
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
Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in the United States and Canada. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.
Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.
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
PT 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 PT
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- Pacific Time - UTC -8
- Ponape Time - UTC +11
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai
Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same

IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates five hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
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

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
End: Central Standard Time (CST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
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 six hour and zero minutes time differences 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
- Colombia 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