# Pacific Time (PST) is 3 hours behind Eastern Time (EST). The time right now Pacific Time 6:08 AM PDT Monday, October 26, 2026 Eastern Time 9:08 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. 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 addCentral Time (CT)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. Los Angeles · Pacific Time (PT) 9:00 AM PDT Monday, October 26, 2026 teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter The same moment on other clocks - New York Eastern Time (ET) 12:00 PM EDT In work hours × Copy resultsCopy link 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. 12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM Los Angeles (from) New York 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 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. Each hour of the day in PST with the same moment in EST 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 AM 8:00 AM Neither at work 6:00 AMNow 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). _Figure: A day on PST clocks with PST and EST working hours, 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock. They share 5 hours._ One day on PST clocks, with the same moments read on EST 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 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. _Figure: The gap between PST and EST is 3 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 PST and EST. ### These are the clock changes of both zones in 2026 and 2027. Clock changes of Pacific Time and Eastern Time in 2026 and 2027 Date What changes Gap after Sunday, March 8, 2026 - Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT. - Pacific Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM PDT. 3 hours Sunday, November 1, 2026 - Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST. - Pacific Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM PST. 3 hours Sunday, March 14, 2027 - Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT. - Pacific Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM PDT. 3 hours Sunday, November 7, 2027 - Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST. - Pacific Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM PST. 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. - [EST to PST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-pst) - [PST to CST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/pst-to-cst) - [PST to IST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/pst-to-ist) - [PST to UTC](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/pst-to-utc) - [EST to CST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-cst) - [EST to MST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-mst) - [EST to IST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-ist) 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 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. ## Turnover is cheaper to prevent than to calculate. 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