From east to west they are Atlantic Standard Time (AST), Eastern Standard Time (EST), Central Standard Time (CST), Mountain Standard Time (MST), Pacific Standard Time (PST), Alaskan Standard Time (AKST), Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST), Samoa standard time (UTC-11) and Chamorro Standard Time (UTC+10).
|STANDARD TIME ZONE|
|Central Standard Time||CST||GMT -6|
|Mountain Standard Time||MST||GMT -7|
|Pacific Standard Time||PST||GMT -8|
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Time Zones Currently Being Used in United States
|Offset||Time Zone Abbreviation & Name|
|UTC -7||MST||Mountain Standard Time|
|UTC -6||MDT||Mountain Daylight Time|
|UTC -5||CDT||Central Daylight Time|
|UTC -4||EDT||Eastern Daylight Time|
|Pacific Time Zone|
|00:24, 22 March 2022 PST [refresh] 01:24, 22 March 2022 PDT [refresh]|
|Observance of DST|
California Time Zone - California Current Time - Daylight Saving Time
|Current Local Time||California is officially in the Pacific Time Zone|
|The Current Time in California is: Monday 3/21/2022 5:10 PM PDT California is in the Pacific Time Zone|
|View Current Times in All California Cities and Towns|
A two-hour time differences separates Central Time from Pacific Time, with Central Time falling two hours ahead. In official terminology, the Central Time Zone is UTC-06, which means the time in the Central Time Zone is six hours behind the Coordinated Universal Time. The Pacific Time Zone is UTC-08.