When it's 9:00 am in Chicago, it's 7:00 am in Los Angeles. Your 9-to-5 working days overlap for 6 hours, so there's room for a meeting most days.
Convert Central Standard Time (CST) to Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) for any date and time.
Pacific Time is 2 hours behind Central Time all year.
Right now Central Time is on CST (UTC−6) and the West Coast is on PST (UTC−8). Both switch to daylight saving time on 14 March 2027.
9:00 am to 5:00 pm CST is 7:00 am to 3:00 pm PST.
Central TimeReference
US, Canada & Mexico
Tue, Nov 3
Pacific Time
US & Canada
Tue, Nov 3
Best time to meet 11:00 AM–5:00 PM in Central Time on Tue, Nov 3, when everyone is inside working hours.
Book a meeting in this windowWorking hours: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, Monday to FridayEveryone at work
Every hour of the day in CST, converted to PST. Hatched cells are working hours (9:00 am to 5:00 pm); rows with the accent bar are working hours in both zones.
| CST | PST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 am CST | 10:00 pm PST(day before) |
| 1:00 am CST | 11:00 pm PST(day before) |
| 2:00 am CST | 12:00 am PST |
| 3:00 am CST | 1:00 am PST |
| 4:00 am CST | 2:00 am PST |
| 5:00 am CST | 3:00 am PST |
| 6:00 am CST | 4:00 am PST |
| 7:00 am CST | 5:00 am PST |
| 8:00 am CST | 6:00 am PST |
| 9:00 am CST | 7:00 am PST |
| 10:00 am CST | 8:00 am PST |
| 11:00 am CST | 9:00 am PST |
| 12:00 pm CST | 10:00 am PST |
| 1:00 pm CST | 11:00 am PST |
| 2:00 pm CST | 12:00 pm PST |
| 3:00 pm CST | 1:00 pm PST |
| 4:00 pm CST | 2:00 pm PST |
| 5:00 pm CST | 3:00 pm PST |
| 6:00 pm CST | 4:00 pm PST |
| 7:00 pm CST | 5:00 pm PST |
| 8:00 pm CST | 6:00 pm PST |
| 9:00 pm CST | 7:00 pm PST |
| 10:00 pm CST | 8:00 pm PST |
| 11:00 pm CST | 9:00 pm PST |
Your working hours overlap for 6 hours, from 11:00 am CST (9:00 am PST) to 5:00 pm CST (3:00 pm PST). That's the best window for a meeting.
Central Standard Time is UTC−6. CST is also used for China Standard Time (UTC+8) and Cuba Standard Time (UTC−5). This page converts North American Central Time.
Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Louisiana and most of the Midwest and South, plus Manitoba in Canada. Saskatchewan and most of Mexico stay on CST all year. CT is the short form for the whole zone.
Pacific Daylight Time is UTC−7.
California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada, plus British Columbia in Canada, from March to November. The rest of the year the zone is on PST.
PDT isn't in use at the moment: Pacific Time is on PST (UTC−8) until 14 March 2027. The times on this page follow the clocks, so they show PST.