EST to PST converter
Eastern Time → Pacific Time
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Eastern Time (EST) is UTC−5 and observes daylight saving (EDT, UTC−4, roughly March–November). It covers New York, Toronto, Miami and Atlanta.
Pacific Time (PST) is UTC−8 and observes daylight saving (PDT, UTC−7, roughly March–November). It covers Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver.
Pacific Time is typically 3 hours behind Eastern Time, though daylight saving can shift the difference by an hour at some times of year.
Best time to call Pacific Time from Eastern Time
Office hours overlap for about 5 hours a day: 12:00 PM–5:00 PM in Eastern Time is 9:00 AM–2:00 PM in Pacific Time. Book calls inside this window and nobody is out of hours. Daylight saving can shift these times by an hour at some points in the year.
EST to PST, hour by hour
Today's actual offsets. Rows where both zones are inside 9am–5pm working hours are highlighted.