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Three hours ahead
The East coast is 3 hours ahead of the West coast on almost every day of the year.
Free tool
PST to EST, from Los Angeles to New York.
Start from Pacific time and read the Eastern time: type the time where you are on the West coast and see what it is in New York. Eastern is 3 hours ahead of Pacific. The page shows the West coast hours that still reach the East coast working day, a printable table of every hour, the clock change dates, and a calendar file for the call.
Right now
The time difference
Meeting planner
Counted from your clock on the West coast. The window that works for New York starts early in your morning and ends in the early afternoon. Change Work starts and Work ends on the right to match your own day.
Both at workBoth awake, 7 AM to 10 PMSomeone is asleep or offClick a block to use that time
Every hour of the day
Every Pacific hour of the chosen date with the Eastern time beside it.
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When the difference changes
New York changes first, Los Angeles three hours later, so each change shows as two rows on one date.
Type a time on either side and the other side follows. Swap turns the page around. Your 12 or 24 hour choice, working hours and how a name is read stay in this browser.
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How it works
Your morning, their afternoon.
02 / Window
6 AM to 2 PM Pacific
The hours that fit inside a New York working day of 9 AM to 5 PM.
03 / Scheduling
Type your time
Type the time you will post, call or launch, and read what the East coast sees.
Guide
How to convert PST to EST, starting from the West coast.
PST to EST means turning Pacific time into Eastern time: Eastern is 3 hours ahead of Pacific. A call at 9:00 AM in Los Angeles is noon in New York. This page is written from the West coast side. You type the time where you are and read what it is on the East coast, which is the usual question when you are planning around New York clients, investors or a team that starts its day before you wake up. The converter follows the real clocks, so PDT in summer and EDT in summer are handled without you having to switch names.
How to use the PST to EST converter
- Type your own Time and Date in the left box, PST. The right box, EST, shows the East coast.
- To check a time someone sent you from the East coast, type it in the right box. The left box shows when that is for you.
- Leave Read PST as on Pacific Time (PST or PDT) unless a schedule means a fixed UTC-8 all year. Read EST as works the same for the East.
- Open the Meeting planner. It counts from your clock: the earliest start and the latest finish that stay inside both working days.
- Print the chart prints every hour from 12:00 AM to 11:00 PM Pacific with the Eastern time beside it.
- Copy result, Copy link and Add to calendar (.ics) pass on the exact moment. Swap turns the page into EST to PST from the East coast side.
Your morning is their afternoon
Los Angeles works 9 AM to 5 PM, and New York is three hours ahead on the clock. The East coast working day ends at 5 PM, which is 2:00 PM for you. So the East coast working day runs from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific. If your own day starts at 9:00 AM, the overlap is 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific, which is the East coast lunch and afternoon, 5 hours. A call before 9:00 AM Pacific is an early start for you, and after 2:00 PM Pacific you are talking to people who are done for the day.
| Los Angeles | New York in summer (EDT) | New York in winter (EST) |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | 9:00 AM EDT | 9:00 AM EST |
| 7:00 AM | 10:00 AM EDT | 10:00 AM EST |
| 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM EDT | 12:00 PM EST |
| 11:00 AM | 2:00 PM EDT | 2:00 PM EST |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM EDT | 4:00 PM EST |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM EST |
The table uses Thursday 22 October 2026 and Thursday 22 January 2026. The three hours are the same in both seasons. A 6:00 AM Pacific call lands at 9:00 AM Eastern, the start of the East coast day. A 1:00 PM Pacific call is 4:00 PM Eastern, late for them.
Posting and launching from the West coast
If you publish something at 9:00 AM Pacific, your East coast audience sees it at noon. If you want it to appear at 9:00 AM Eastern, schedule it for 6:00 AM Pacific. Type the time in the left box and the right box tells you which clock the other side will read. For a launch that needs both coasts awake, the planner lists the windows where both are at work, and the green and amber strips show where only one side is.
The two odd mornings, from the West coast
New York and Los Angeles change at 2:00 AM local time on the same Sunday, but New York gets there first. From 11:00 PM on Saturday 7 March 2026 to 2:00 AM on Sunday 8 March 2026, Pacific time, New York is already on EDT while Los Angeles is still on PST, so the gap is 4 hours instead of 3. From 11:00 PM on Saturday 31 October 2026 to 2:00 AM on Sunday 1 November 2026, Pacific time, Los Angeles is still on PDT while New York is back on EST, so the gap is 2 hours. These hours are in the middle of the night, so they rarely matter for a call, but they matter for a scheduled job, an automated post or a stream that starts at night.
PST, PDT and PT
PST is Pacific Standard Time, UTC-8, used from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March. PDT is Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7. Many people write PST all year. The converter follows the clock in Los Angeles, so it answers PDT for dates in summer. If a document means a true fixed UTC-8, choose PST only (UTC-8 all year) under Read PST as, and then the gap to New York is 4 hours in summer, because New York is on EDT.
Sources, checked 18 Oct 2026. The United States rule is in 49 CFR Part 71, section 71.2: standard time moves ahead one hour at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November. The US Department of Transportation says a state may exempt itself by state law. The offsets and the zone names come from the IANA time zone database (version 2026e), the same data your browser uses.
The page written from the other coast is EST to PST. For a pair with another zone, try IST to EST or GMT to EST.
Questions
Good to know.
What is 9 AM PST in EST?
In winter 9:00 AM PST is 12:00 PM EST. In summer 9:00 AM PDT is 12:00 PM EDT. Eastern is always three hours ahead of Pacific, except for a few hours on two Sundays a year.
Is EST ahead of or behind PST?
Ahead, by 3 hours. The East coast is east of the West coast, so its clock shows a later time.
What time should a Los Angeles team call New York?
Between 6:00 AM and 2:00 PM Pacific, which is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern. The best block for most teams is 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific, after the East coast has started and before it ends.
What is 6 AM PT in ET?
9:00 AM ET. It is the earliest time that is inside the East coast working day, so early West coast starts are common.
Do I write PST or PDT in summer?
PDT in summer, PST in winter. If you want one word that is always right, write PT.
Why is there a day when the gap is 4 hours?
On the second Sunday of March New York changes its clocks three hours before Los Angeles does. Until Los Angeles catches up, the East coast is 4 hours ahead.
Can I send a link that shows the same moment to someone on the East coast?
Yes. Copy link saves the moment in the link, so they see the same moment when they open it, whatever their own clock says.
Is Hawaii or Arizona on Pacific time?
Not always. Hawaii has no daylight saving time, and most of Arizona does not either, so their gap to Los Angeles changes during the year. See time in Hawaii and time in Arizona.