EST to PST Converter
Convert Eastern Time to Pacific Time for any date and time. Pacific is exactly three hours behind Eastern — the full width of the continental US — and the gap never changes, because both coasts change their clocks on the same dates.
Convert Eastern Time to Pacific Time
It opens on the current Eastern Time time — pick any date and time to convert it.
Your converted time will appear here.
The EST to PST difference, exactly
The gap, the day change and the offsets — shown with every result.
Always three hours
Noon in New York is 9:00 AM in Los Angeles, in January and July alike.
Date-aware
Daylight saving is applied from the actual date, not assumed.
Overlap-friendly
The shared working window is 9:00 AM–2:00 PM Pacific — the result makes it easy to spot.
About EST to PST conversion
Eastern Time and Pacific Time are the two edges of the continental United States, and the rule between them never changes: Pacific is three hours behind Eastern. When it is noon in New York, Boston or Miami, it is 9:00 AM in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Both coasts observe daylight saving on the same US dates (EDT is UTC-4, PDT is UTC-7), so the three-hour gap is identical in every season. This converter works from the real times in New York and Los Angeles, so the answer is right for any date you pick — including the clock-change weekends, when the gap holds but the abbreviations change.
Because most US announcements are made in Eastern, converting out of it is the everyday direction: a product launch at 1:00 PM Eastern is 10:00 AM Pacific, a 4:30 PM Eastern earnings call is 1:30 PM Pacific, and the shared office window is only about five hours (noon–5:00 PM Eastern is 9:00 AM–2:00 PM Pacific). The day boundary matters at the other end: Eastern times between midnight and 3:00 AM are still the previous day in the West, and this page flags that instead of leaving you to spot it.
On any day of the year:
| EST | PST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 6:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
Frequently asked questions
The difference, daylight saving and the cases people trip over.
What is the time difference between EST and PST?
Three hours. Pacific Time is three hours behind Eastern Time — EST is UTC-5 and PST is UTC-8. The gap stays three hours during daylight saving (EDT UTC-4, PDT UTC-7) because both coasts change clocks on the same dates.
How do I convert EST to PST?
Subtract three hours. Noon EST is 9:00 AM PST, and 6:00 PM EST is 3:00 PM PST. Eastern times between midnight and 3:00 AM fall on the previous calendar day in PST.
What is the best time for a call between the East and West Coasts?
The overlap of a 9-to-5 day on both coasts is noon to 5:00 PM Eastern, which is 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific. A 1:00 PM Eastern start (10:00 AM Pacific) is the slot most cross-country teams settle on.
Does the EST to PST difference ever change?
Only for a few hours twice a year, in theory: both zones change clocks at 2:00 AM local time, so on transition nights the gap briefly differs while one coast has changed and the other has not. For any normal date and time it is three hours — and this converter uses real city times, so even those nights are handled.
Which cities are in EST and PST?
Eastern includes New York, Boston, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami and Toronto. Pacific includes Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, San Diego and Las Vegas.
Is anything I enter stored?
No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser; nothing is uploaded or saved.