PST to EST Converter

9:00 AM PST is 12:00 PM EST, and 5:00 PM PST is 8:00 PM EST. Both zones change their clocks on the same days, so the gap never moves.

PST and EST right now

PST to EST time chart

Each hour of the day in Pacific Time and the same moment in Eastern Time. The gap is the same all year.

Working hours, 9 AM–5 PMNight, 10 PM–7 AM

Daylight saving time

Both zones change their clocks on the same nights, so Eastern Time stays 3 hours ahead of Pacific Time all year. Each zone changes at 2:00 a.m. its own time, so for a few hours on those nights the gap is off by one hour. The next changes:

• Sunday, November 1, 2026, 2:00 AM: clocks go back 1 hour.
• Sunday, March 14, 2027, 2:00 AM: clocks go forward 1 hour.

Standard or daylight time?

Strictly, PST and EST are standard time. From the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November the clocks show PDT and EDT instead. Most people keep writing PST and EST all year to mean the zone, and this page does the same: times follow the clocks in Los Angeles and New York whatever the season.

Working hours that overlap

A 9-to-5 day on the West Coast runs from noon to 8:00 PM in New York. The two workdays share five hours: 12:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern, which is 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific. A 9:00 AM Eastern call is 6:00 AM in California.

Arizona

Arizona, apart from the Navajo Nation, stays on MST (UTC−7) all year. From March to November that matches Pacific clocks, so Phoenix is 3 hours behind New York too. In winter Phoenix is 2 hours behind New York and 1 hour ahead of Los Angeles. More on the Arizona time zone.

Related conversions

• PST to CST
• UTC to PST
• CST to EST
• EST to CST
• California time zone
• Florida time zone
• All conversions
• Time difference calculator

Sources

• Wikipedia — Pacific Time Zone
• Wikipedia — Eastern Time Zone
• 15 U.S.C. § 260a — Advancement of time (daylight saving period)
• IANA Time Zone Database

Last checked October 21, 2026.