What is PST in CST?
Central Time is 2 hours ahead
Pacific Time is on UTC−7:00 and Central Time is on UTC−5:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read PDT and CDT. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.
- Time in Los Angeles
- 5:53 pm
- Time in Chicago
- 7:53 pm
- Difference
- +2 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
CDT — Central Time
7:00 pm
Tue
Daylight saving
Pacific Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming PST.
Central Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CST.
PST to CST conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Pacific Time to Central Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Chicago, which is marked.
- 12:00 am PDT
- 2:00 am CDT
- 1:00 am PDT
- 3:00 am CDT
- 2:00 am PDT
- 4:00 am CDT
- 3:00 am PDT
- 5:00 am CDT
- 4:00 am PDT
- 6:00 am CDT
- 5:00 am PDT
- 7:00 am CDT
- 6:00 am PDT
- 8:00 am CDT
- 7:00 am PDT
- 9:00 am CDT
- 8:00 am PDT
- 10:00 am CDT
- 9:00 am PDT
- 11:00 am CDT
- 10:00 am PDT
- 12:00 pm CDT
- 11:00 am PDT
- 1:00 pm CDT
- 12:00 pm PDT
- 2:00 pm CDT
- 1:00 pm PDT
- 3:00 pm CDT
- 2:00 pm PDT
- 4:00 pm CDT
- 3:00 pm PDT
- 5:00 pm CDT
- 4:00 pm PDT
- 6:00 pm CDT
- 5:00 pm PDT
- 7:00 pm CDT
- 6:00 pm PDT
- 8:00 pm CDT
- 7:00 pm PDT
- 9:00 pm CDT
- 8:00 pm PDT
- 10:00 pm CDT
- 9:00 pm PDT
- 11:00 pm CDT
- 10:00 pm PDT
- 12:00 am CDT+1 day
- 11:00 pm PDT
- 1:00 am CDT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm PDT, which is 11:00 am to 6:00 pm CDT. 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.
Pacific Time (PDT) is used in San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas and Vancouver
Central Time (CDT) is used in Dallas, Houston, Mexico City and Winnipeg