Quick Calculators

US Time Zone Converter

Instantly convert time between EST, PST, CST, and other major US time zones. Perfect for scheduling remote meetings.

9
:
00
AM

Los Angeles, Seattle

12:00
PM

New York, Washington DC

Quick Overview Map

EST
12:00 PM
CST
11:00 AM
MST
10:00 AM
PST
9:00 AM
AKST
8:00 AM
HST
7:00 AM

Last updated: July 2026

How to Schedule Across US Time Zones

With the rise of remote work, scheduling meetings across the United States has become a daily challenge. Whether you're coordinating with a client in New York (EST) or a development team in California (PST), getting the time zone math wrong can lead to missed meetings and lost revenue.

Our free US Time Zone Converter instantly shows what time it is across the country. The quick overview map helps you avoid accidentally scheduling a 9 AM EST meeting for a coworker in Los Angeles — who'd have to wake up at 6 AM.

Worked Examples

  • 9:00 AM PST → 12:00 PM EST (add 3 hours)
  • 6:00 PM PST → 9:00 PM EST (add 3 hours, same day)
  • 11:00 PM PST → 2:00 AM EST (Next Day) — this is where day-rollover matters: adding 3 hours pushes past midnight, so the East Coast time falls on the following calendar day

The Time Zone Gaps at a Glance

  • Pacific to Mountain: 1 hour
  • Pacific to Central: 2 hours
  • Pacific to Eastern: 3 hours
  • Eastern to Central: 1 hour
  • Eastern to Mountain: 2 hours

These gaps hold steady year-round for the four contiguous US zones, since they all move into and out of Daylight Saving Time on the same dates. Arizona and Hawaii are the exceptions — see the FAQ below.

Frequently Asked Questions

Eastern Time is 3 hours ahead of Pacific Time. When it's 9:00 AM in Los Angeles, it's 12:00 PM (noon) in New York.
Central Time is 1 hour behind Eastern Time and 1 hour ahead of Mountain Time. It covers states like Texas, Illinois, and much of the Midwest.
It maps the relative differences between the contiguous US time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific), which all shift together during Daylight Saving Time — so the gap between them (e.g., PST is always 3 hours behind EST) stays the same whether or not DST is in effect.
No — most of Arizona stays on Mountain Standard Time year-round and does not observe Daylight Saving Time (the Navajo Nation within Arizona is an exception and does observe it). This means that for part of the year, Phoenix's clock matches Pacific Time rather than the rest of the Mountain Time zone like Denver. If you're scheduling with Arizona specifically, double-check the current offset rather than assuming it matches Denver.
No. Hawaii stays on Hawaii Standard Time year-round, so its offset from the mainland US changes depending on whether the mainland is currently observing Daylight Saving Time.
Since Pacific Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Time, late morning on the East Coast (around 11 AM–1 PM EST) lines up with 8–10 AM PST — early enough to work for West Coast schedules and not too late for East Coast ones.
The contiguous 48 states span 4 time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific. Including Alaska and Hawaii, the US spans 6 time zones in total.