CET to PST Time Zone Converter
CET is Central European Time — Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and Rome (CET in winter, CEST in summer). PST is US Pacific Time, the clock in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. Pacific runs about nine hours behind Central Europe for most of the year, and this converter applies the right offset for any date, daylight saving included.
Enter a date and time to convert.
Daylight saving is applied automatically for the date you pick. Labels like PST/EST name the zone (Pacific/Eastern); the real abbreviation shifts to PDT/EDT during daylight saving, and gmt here means London (GMT in winter, BST in summer) while utc stays fixed.
The time difference
US Pacific Time is 9 hours behind Central Europe for most of the year, in both winter and summer, because the anchor dates land in aligned periods. The catch is the mismatch windows: during March 8–29 and October 25–November 1, 2026, the US and Europe haven't both switched yet, so the gap is briefly off by one hour.
A worked example
Take 9:00 AM in Central Europe. On January 15, 2026 that is 12:00 AM in Los Angeles — midnight, right at the start of the same day. On July 15, 2026 it's again 12:00 AM in Los Angeles, so one value covers most of the year. Watch the date here: a mid-morning European meeting lands at the stroke of midnight on the US West Coast, so a small slip either way could push it onto a different calendar day.
Daylight saving & the abbreviation caveat
The slug says "PST," but Pacific shifts to PDT from spring to fall — locals just say PT. Both Europe and the US observe daylight saving, but on different dates, which is why the usual nine-hour gap slips by an hour during those late-March and late-October windows. The converter uses the exact date you pick, so the result is never off.
When you'll use it
Good for scheduling calls with a Los Angeles or Seattle team, catching US West Coast product launches and live streams from Europe, planning flights, and coping with a nine-hour spread on remote work.
Frequently asked questions
How many hours behind CET is US Pacific Time?
Usually nine hours. When it's 6:00 PM in Berlin it's 9:00 AM in Los Angeles. For a couple of weeks in spring and fall the gap is briefly eight hours.
Why does the gap change by an hour twice a year?
The US switches clocks on March 8 and November 1, 2026, while Europe switches on March 29 and October 25. In between, one side has changed and the other hasn't, so the nine-hour gap slides by an hour.
Is PST the same as PT?
PT is the everyday name. PST is Pacific's winter label and PDT its summer one; the converter picks the right one for your date, so you don't have to.