What is CST in PST?
Pacific Time is 2 hours behind
Central Time is on UTC−5:00 and Pacific Time is on UTC−7:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read CDT and PDT. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.
- Time in Chicago
- 8:34 pm
- Time in Los Angeles
- 6:34 pm
- Difference
- −2 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
PDT — Pacific Time
6:00 pm
Tue
Daylight saving
Central Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CST.
Pacific Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming PST.
CST to PST conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Central Time to Pacific Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Los Angeles, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CDT
- 10:00 pm PDT−1 day
- 1:00 am CDT
- 11:00 pm PDT−1 day
- 2:00 am CDT
- 12:00 am PDT
- 3:00 am CDT
- 1:00 am PDT
- 4:00 am CDT
- 2:00 am PDT
- 5:00 am CDT
- 3:00 am PDT
- 6:00 am CDT
- 4:00 am PDT
- 7:00 am CDT
- 5:00 am PDT
- 8:00 am CDT
- 6:00 am PDT
- 9:00 am CDT
- 7:00 am PDT
- 10:00 am CDT
- 8:00 am PDT
- 11:00 am CDT
- 9:00 am PDT
- 12:00 pm CDT
- 10:00 am PDT
- 1:00 pm CDT
- 11:00 am PDT
- 2:00 pm CDT
- 12:00 pm PDT
- 3:00 pm CDT
- 1:00 pm PDT
- 4:00 pm CDT
- 2:00 pm PDT
- 5:00 pm CDT
- 3:00 pm PDT
- 6:00 pm CDT
- 4:00 pm PDT
- 7:00 pm CDT
- 5:00 pm PDT
- 8:00 pm CDT
- 6:00 pm PDT
- 9:00 pm CDT
- 7:00 pm PDT
- 10:00 pm CDT
- 8:00 pm PDT
- 11:00 pm CDT
- 9:00 pm PDT
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm CDT, which is 9:00 am to 4:00 pm PDT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
A note on CST: it can also mean China Standard Time (UTC+8) and Cuba Standard Time (UTC−5). This page means US Central Time.
Central Time (CDT) is used in Dallas, Houston, Mexico City and Winnipeg
Pacific Time (PDT) is used in San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas and Vancouver