Pacific Time (PST) is 3 hours behind Eastern Time (EST).
The time right now
Pacific Time
5:41 AM
PDT
Monday, October 26, 2026
Eastern Time
8:41 AM
EDT
Monday, October 26, 2026
To convert PST to EST, add 3 hours. To convert EST to PST, subtract 3 hours.
- Difference
- 3 hours
- Next change
- Never
- Work overlap
- 5 hours
Change the date or the time to convert any moment from PST to EST.
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Los Angeles · Pacific Time (PT)
9:00 AM PDT
Monday, October 26, 2026
The same moment on other clocks
New York
Eastern Time (ET)
12:00 PM EDT
In work hours
Working hours in common
5 hours inside 9 AM to 5 PM on every clock: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Los Angeles time.
Mon, Oct 26, 2026, midnight to midnight on Los Angeles time. Each bar shades 9 AM to 5 PM on that zone's own clock.
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Start 30-Day Free TrialHere is every hour of the day in PST and the same moment in EST.
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 Pacific Time right now.
| In PST | In EST | At work |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 3:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 1:00 AM | 4:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 2:00 AM | 5:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 3:00 AM | 6:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 4:00 AM | 7:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 5:00 AMNow | 8:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 6:00 AM | 9:00 AM | EST at work |
| 7:00 AM | 10:00 AM | EST at work |
| 8:00 AM | 11:00 AM | EST at work |
| 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Both at work |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Both at work |
| 11:00 AM | 2:00 PM | Both at work |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Both at work |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Both at work |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM | PST at work |
| 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM | PST at work |
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | PST at work |
| 5:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Neither at work |
| 6:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Neither at work |
| 7:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Neither at work |
| 8:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Neither at work |
| 9:00 PM | 12:00 AM+1 day | Neither at work |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM+1 day | Neither at work |
| 11:00 PM | 2:00 AM+1 day | Neither at work |
A team split between PT and ET is at work together for 5 hours a day.
Taking 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock as the working day, both zones are at work from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM PST (12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST).
PST at work, 9 AM to 5 PM
EST at work, 9 AM to 5 PM
Both at work: 5 hours
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The gap between PST and EST stays at 3 hours all year.
Both zones are in the United States and move their clocks on the same two Sundays, so the gap holds.
- 3 hours apart
These are the clock changes of both zones in 2026 and 2027.
| Date | What changes | Gap after |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, March 8, 2026 |
| 3 hours |
| Sunday, November 1, 2026 |
| 3 hours |
| Sunday, March 14, 2027 |
| 3 hours |
| Sunday, November 7, 2027 |
| 3 hours |
PST stands for Pacific Time and EST for Eastern Time on this page.
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.
Eastern Time is EST (UTC−5) in winter and EDT (UTC−4) in summer. People write EST all year, and this page does too; the clock reads EDT 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.
The time zone converter reads one moment on up to 12 clocks, the military time converter turns 24-hour times into AM and PM, and the time duration calculator measures the hours between two moments.
Here are four questions about PST to EST, answered.
- What is 9 AM PST in EST?
- 9:00 AM PST is 12:00 PM EST, and 5:00 PM PST is 8:00 PM EST.
- What is the time difference between PST and EST?
- Pacific Time (PST) is 3 hours behind Eastern Time (EST). The gap between PST and EST stays at 3 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 PST and EST ever change?
- Only briefly. On Sunday, November 1, 2026, each zone moves at 2:00 AM by its own clock, so for 3 hours the gap is 2 hours instead of 3 hours. The rest of the year it stays 3 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 PST and EST?
- 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM PST (12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST) is 5 hours when both sides are inside 9 AM to 5 PM, so a meeting there starts and ends in everyone's normal day.
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