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PDT/PST

Pacific Daylight Time

GMT -7

CEST

Central European Summer Time

GMT +2

UTC

Universal Time Coordinated

GMT +0

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 9 hours behind Central European Summer Time and 7 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 3 hours behind Eastern Daylight Time
5:00 pm17:00 in PDT is 2:00 am02:00 in CEST and is 12:00 am00:00 in UTC and is 8:00 pm20:00 in EDT

PST to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-10am in PST which corresponds to 6pm-8pm in CEST
PST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-10am in PST which corresponds to 4pm-6pm in UTC
PST to ET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-3pm in PST which corresponds to 11am-6pm in ET

5:00 pm17:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
2:00 am02:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:00 am00:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

5:00 pm17:00 PDT / 2:00 am02:00 CEST / 12:00 am00:00 UTC / 8:00 pm20:00 EDT

PDT CEST UTC ET
12am (midnight) 9am 7am 3am
1am 10am 8am 4am
2am 11am 9am 5am
3am 12pm (noon) 10am 6am
4am 1pm 11am 7am
5am 2pm 12pm (noon) 8am
6am 3pm 1pm 9am
7am 4pm 2pm 10am
8am 5pm 3pm 11am
9am 6pm 4pm 12pm (noon)
10am 7pm 5pm 1pm
11am 8pm 6pm 2pm
12pm (noon) 9pm 7pm 3pm
1pm 10pm 8pm 4pm
2pm 11pm 9pm 5pm
3pm 12am (midnight) 10pm 6pm
4pm 1am 11pm 7pm
5pm 2am 12am (midnight) 8pm
6pm 3am 1am 9pm
7pm 4am 2am 10pm
8pm 5am 3am 11pm
9pm 6am 4am 12am (midnight)
10pm 7am 5am 1am
11pm 8am 6am 2am
0:00 9:00 7:00 3:00
1:00 10:00 8:00 4:00
2:00 11:00 9:00 5:00
3:00 12:00 10:00 6:00
4:00 13:00 11:00 7:00
5:00 14:00 12:00 8:00
6:00 15:00 13:00 9:00
7:00 16:00 14:00 10:00
8:00 17:00 15:00 11:00
9:00 18:00 16:00 12:00
10:00 19:00 17:00 13:00
11:00 20:00 18:00 14:00
12:00 21:00 19:00 15:00
13:00 22:00 20:00 16:00
14:00 23:00 21:00 17:00
15:00 0:00 22:00 18:00
16:00 1:00 23:00 19:00
17:00 2:00 0:00 20:00
18:00 3:00 1:00 21:00
19:00 4:00 2:00 22:00
20:00 5:00 3:00 23:00
21:00 6:00 4:00 0:00
22:00 7:00 5:00 1:00
23:00 8:00 6:00 2:00

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST to CEST to UTC to ET (2)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

PST to CEST to UTC to ET (3)End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

PST to CEST to UTC to ET (4)Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'

IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific

PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Paraguay Summer Time - UTC -3

Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:

  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone

Central European Summer Time

Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CEST timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Budapest

German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

PST to CEST to UTC to ET (5)

Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Central European Time (CET).

PST to CEST to UTC to ET (6)Start: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started on Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 31, 2024, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on last Sunday of March

PST to CEST to UTC to ET (7)End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 27, 2024, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on last Sunday of October

CEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'

IANA/Olson: Reflects CEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • Africa/Ceuta
  • Arctic/Longyearbyen
  • Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
  • CET
  • Europe/Amsterdam
  • Europe/Andorra
  • Europe/Belgrade
  • Europe/Berlin
  • Europe/Bratislava
  • Europe/Brussels
  • Europe/Budapest
  • Europe/Busingen
  • Europe/Copenhagen
  • Europe/Gibraltar
  • Europe/Ljubljana
  • Europe/Luxembourg
  • Europe/Madrid
  • Europe/Malta
  • Europe/Monaco
  • Europe/Oslo
  • Europe/Paris
  • Europe/Podgorica
  • Europe/Prague
  • Europe/Rome
  • Europe/San_Marino
  • Europe/Sarajevo
  • Europe/Skopje
  • Europe/Stockholm
  • Europe/Tirane
  • Europe/Vaduz
  • Europe/Vatican
  • Europe/Vienna
  • Europe/Warsaw
  • Europe/Zagreb
  • Europe/Zurich
  • Poland

Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:

  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'

IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu

Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:

  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Eastern Time

Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.

ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.

In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.

ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.

In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

ET representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for ET
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'

ET Abbreviation: Several time zones share ET abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • Eastern Time - UTC -5
  • Tiempo del Este - UTC -5
  • Ecuador Time - UTC -5

Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:

  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

EST to IST GMT to EST PST to EST EST to GMT PST to GMT

PST to CEST to UTC to ET (2024)

FAQs

How many hours apart are PST and CEST? ›

Getting Started
Pacific Standard Time (PST) to Central European Summer Time (CEST)
1 pm PSTis10 pm CEST
2 pm PSTis11 pm CEST
3 pm PSTis12 am CEST
4 pm PSTis1 am CEST
8 more rows

How to convert pst to UTC? ›

The Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 7 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

What is CEST in UTC format? ›

Getting Started
Central European Summer Time (CEST) to Universal Time (UTC)
8 pm CESTis6 pm UTC
9 pm CESTis7 pm UTC
10 pm CESTis8 pm UTC
11 pm CESTis9 pm UTC
8 more rows

What is the UTC equivalent of PST? ›

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−08:00). During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07:00 is used.

What timeframe is CEST? ›

Period of observation

Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union.

Is EST 2 or 3 hours ahead of PST? ›

Is Pacific time 3 hours behind Eastern time? Yes, Pacific Standard Time (PST) is three hours behind Eastern Standard Time (EST).

How do you convert time to UTC? ›

When converting to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the local AM/PM time must be converted to a 24-hour clock. Then, use the chart below to convert to UTC. If the UTC time is greater than 2359, then you have crossed over to the next day. So for example, 2430 becomes 0030 the day after.

Is PST always 7 hours behind UTC? ›

UTC is 8 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (e.g., 0000 UTC is 1600 PST the previous day, while 1200 UTC is 0400 PST the same day), and 7 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time (e.g., 0000 UTC is 1700 PDT the previous day, while 1200 UTC is 0500 PDT the same day).

How do you convert UTC to actual time? ›

Examples of how to convert UTC to your local time

To convert 18:00 UTC (6:00 p.m.) into your local time, subtract 6 hours, to get 12 noon CST. During daylight saving (summer) time, you would only subtract 5 hours, so 18:00 UTC would convert to 1:00 p.m CDT.

What is the UTC offset for CEST? ›

Central European Summer Time (CEST) is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

What is the UTC format for EST? ›

UTC−05:00

What time is CEST in EST? ›

CEST to EST Chart
CEST TimeEST Time
01:00 am CEST07:00 pm EST
02:00 am CEST08:00 pm EST
03:00 am CEST09:00 pm EST
04:00 am CEST10:00 pm EST
20 more rows

How to convert UTC to PST? ›

Time Difference between UTC and PST

Pacific Standard Time (North America) is 8 hours behind from the UTC universal time.

How do you figure out UTC? ›

Since 1972, UTC may be calculated by subtracting the accumulated leap seconds from International Atomic Time (TAI), which is a coordinate time scale tracking notional proper time on the rotating surface of the Earth (the geoid).

What UTC is California? ›

UTC -7 PDT

Is Pacific Time 2 hours behind Central? ›

Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 2 hours behind Central Standard Time (CST). To convert PST to CST, you have to add two hours. Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 1 hour behind Mountain Standard Time (MST). To convert PST to MST, you have to add one hour.

How many hours is CET to PST? ›

See Pacific Time. When the time is 12:00AM on Saturday, June 8 in Pacific Standard Time, it is 10:00AM on Saturday, June 8, 2024 in Central European Time. Pacific Standard Time is 10 hours behind Central European Time.

What is 4 hours earlier than PST? ›

Atlantic Standard Time (AST) is 4 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST). To convert AST to PST, you have to subtract four hours.

What country is 14 hours ahead of PST? ›

Time Differences from Los Angeles to World Cities
Abidjan+7 hours
Hagåtña+17 hours
Halifax *+4 hours
Hamilton *+4 hours
Hanoi+14 hours
236 more rows

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