When it's 9:00 am in Los Angeles, it's 12:00 pm in New York. Your 9-to-5 working days overlap for 5 hours, so there's room for a meeting most days.
Convert Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) to Eastern Standard Time (EST) for any date and time.
Eastern Time is 3 hours ahead of Pacific Time all year.
Right now the West Coast is on PST (UTC−8) and Eastern Time is on EST (UTC−5). Both switch to daylight saving time on 14 March 2027.
9:00 am to 5:00 pm PST is 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm EST.
Pacific TimeReference
US & Canada
Tue, Nov 3
Eastern Time
US & Canada
Wed, Nov 4Next day
Best time to meet 9:00 AM–2:00 PM in Pacific 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 PST, converted to EST. Hatched cells are working hours (9:00 am to 5:00 pm); rows with the accent bar are working hours in both zones.
| PST | EST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 am PST | 3:00 am EST |
| 1:00 am PST | 4:00 am EST |
| 2:00 am PST | 5:00 am EST |
| 3:00 am PST | 6:00 am EST |
| 4:00 am PST | 7:00 am EST |
| 5:00 am PST | 8:00 am EST |
| 6:00 am PST | 9:00 am EST |
| 7:00 am PST | 10:00 am EST |
| 8:00 am PST | 11:00 am EST |
| 9:00 am PST | 12:00 pm EST |
| 10:00 am PST | 1:00 pm EST |
| 11:00 am PST | 2:00 pm EST |
| 12:00 pm PST | 3:00 pm EST |
| 1:00 pm PST | 4:00 pm EST |
| 2:00 pm PST | 5:00 pm EST |
| 3:00 pm PST | 6:00 pm EST |
| 4:00 pm PST | 7:00 pm EST |
| 5:00 pm PST | 8:00 pm EST |
| 6:00 pm PST | 9:00 pm EST |
| 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EST |
| 8:00 pm PST | 11:00 pm EST |
| 9:00 pm PST | 12:00 am EST(next day) |
| 10:00 pm PST | 1:00 am EST(next day) |
| 11:00 pm PST | 2:00 am EST(next day) |
Your working hours overlap for 5 hours, from 9:00 am PST (12:00 pm EST) to 2:00 pm PST (5:00 pm EST). That's the best window for a meeting.
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.
Eastern Standard Time is UTC−5.
New York, Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Ohio, Michigan and the rest of the East Coast, plus Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Panama, Jamaica and Cancún stay on EST all year. ET is the short form for the whole zone.