# Central Time (CST) is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Time (PST). The time right now Central Time 8:09 AM CDT Monday, October 26, 2026 Pacific Time 6:09 AM PDT Monday, October 26, 2026 To convert CST to PST, subtract 2 hours. To convert PST to CST, add 2 hours. Difference 2 hours Next change Never Work overlap 6 hours ## Change the date or the time to convert any moment from CST to PST. Date Time From time zoneEastern Time (ET)Central Time (CT)Mountain Time (MT)Arizona (Mountain, no daylight saving)Pacific Time (PT)Alaska Time (AKT)Hawaii Time (HT)Atlantic Time (AT)Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)London (UK)Dublin (Ireland)Paris, Berlin, Madrid (Central Europe)Athens (Eastern Europe)Lagos (Nigeria)Dubai (UAE)India (IST)Manila (Philippines)SingaporeTokyo (Japan)Sydney (Australia)Mexico CityToronto (Canada, Eastern)Bogotá (Colombia)São Paulo (Brazil) The zone the time above is in. Daylight saving is applied for the date you pick. Add a time zoneChoose a zone to addEastern Time (ET)Mountain Time (MT)Arizona (Mountain, no daylight saving)Alaska Time (AKT)Hawaii Time (HT)Atlantic Time (AT)Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)London (UK)Dublin (Ireland)Paris, Berlin, Madrid (Central Europe)Athens (Eastern Europe)Lagos (Nigeria)Dubai (UAE)India (IST)Manila (Philippines)SingaporeTokyo (Japan)Sydney (Australia)Mexico CityToronto (Canada, Eastern)Bogotá (Colombia)São Paulo (Brazil) Up to 12 zones. Remove one with the × beside it. Chicago · Central Time (CT) 9:00 AM CDT Monday, October 26, 2026 teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter The same moment on other clocks - Los Angeles Pacific Time (PT) 7:00 AM PDT Before 9 AM × Copy resultsCopy link Working hours in common 6 hours inside 9 AM to 5 PM on every clock: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Chicago time. Mon, Oct 26, 2026, midnight to midnight on Chicago time. Each bar shades 9 AM to 5 PM on that zone's own clock. 12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM Chicago (from) Los Angeles Everyone at work See which of your own people may be leaving, before they hand in notice. [Start 30-Day Free Trial](https://app.teampredict.ai/signup) ## Here is every hour of the day in CST and the same moment in PST. The green rows are the hours when both zones are inside 9 AM to 5 PM. The row marked Now is the hour it is in Central Time right now. Each hour of the day in CST with the same moment in PST In CST In PST At work 12:00 AM 10:00 PM\-1 day Neither at work 1:00 AM 11:00 PM\-1 day Neither at work 2:00 AM 12:00 AM Neither at work 3:00 AM 1:00 AM Neither at work 4:00 AM 2:00 AM Neither at work 5:00 AM 3:00 AM Neither at work 6:00 AM 4:00 AM Neither at work 7:00 AM 5:00 AM Neither at work 8:00 AMNow 6:00 AM Neither at work 9:00 AM 7:00 AM CST at work 10:00 AM 8:00 AM CST at work 11:00 AM 9:00 AM Both at work 12:00 PM 10:00 AM Both at work 1:00 PM 11:00 AM Both at work 2:00 PM 12:00 PM Both at work 3:00 PM 1:00 PM Both at work 4:00 PM 2:00 PM Both at work 5:00 PM 3:00 PM PST at work 6:00 PM 4:00 PM PST at work 7:00 PM 5:00 PM Neither at work 8:00 PM 6:00 PM Neither at work 9:00 PM 7:00 PM Neither at work 10:00 PM 8:00 PM Neither at work 11:00 PM 9:00 PM Neither at work ## A team split between CT and PT is at work together for 6 hours a day. Taking 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock as the working day, both zones are at work from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST (9:00 AM to 3:00 PM PST). _Figure: A day on CST clocks with CST and PST working hours, 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock. They share 6 hours._ One day on CST clocks, with the same moments read on PST clocks underneath. A team spread across two time zones has fewer chances to notice someone drifting away. TeamPredict reads public LinkedIn signals to flag resignation risk early, wherever people work. ## The gap between CST and PST stays at 2 hours all year. Both zones are in the United States and move their clocks on the same two Sundays, so the gap holds. _Figure: The gap between CST and PST is 2 hours on every day of 2026 and 2027._ Each bar is one calendar year, January on the left. Days are coloured by the gap between CST and PST. ### These are the clock changes of both zones in 2026 and 2027. Clock changes of Central Time and Pacific Time in 2026 and 2027 Date What changes Gap after Sunday, March 8, 2026 - Central Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM CDT. - Pacific Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM PDT. 2 hours Sunday, November 1, 2026 - Central Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM CST. - Pacific Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM PST. 2 hours Sunday, March 14, 2027 - Central Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM CDT. - Pacific Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM PDT. 2 hours Sunday, November 7, 2027 - Central Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM CST. - Pacific Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM PST. 2 hours ## CST stands for Central Time and PST for Pacific Time on this page. Central Time is CST (UTC−6) in winter and CDT (UTC−5) in summer. People write CST all year, and this page does too; the clock reads CDT right now. It moves its clocks forward at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November. Pacific Time is PST (UTC−8) in winter and PDT (UTC−7) in summer. People write PST all year, and this page does too; the clock reads PDT right now. It moves its clocks forward at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November. ## These nearby time zone pairs show the time right now too. - [PST to CST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/pst-to-cst) - [CST to EST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/cst-to-est) - [CST to IST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/cst-to-ist) - [EST to CST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-cst) - [PST to EST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/pst-to-est) - [PST to IST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/pst-to-ist) - [IST to CST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/ist-to-cst) The [time zone converter](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter) reads one moment on up to 12 clocks, the [military time converter](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/military-time-converter) turns 24-hour times into AM and PM, and the [time duration calculator](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-duration-calculator) measures the hours between two moments. ## Here are four questions about CST to PST, answered. What is 9 AM CST in PST? 9:00 AM CST is 7:00 AM PST, and 5:00 PM CST is 3:00 PM PST. What is the time difference between CST and PST? Central Time (CST) is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Time (PST). The gap between CST and PST stays at 2 hours all year. Both zones are in the United States and move their clocks on the same two Sundays, so the gap holds. The next clock change is Sunday, November 1, 2026. Does the gap between CST and PST ever change? Only briefly. On Sunday, November 1, 2026, each zone moves at 2:00 AM by its own clock, so for 2 hours the gap is 1 hour instead of 2 hours. The rest of the year it stays 2 hours. The United States moves its clocks on these days. In 2026: Mar 8 and Nov 1. In 2027: Mar 14 and Nov 7. What is a good time for a meeting between CST and PST? 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST (9:00 AM to 3:00 PM PST) is 6 hours when both sides are inside 9 AM to 5 PM, so a meeting there starts and ends in everyone's normal day. ## Turnover is cheaper to prevent than to calculate. 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