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Currently observing CST â Central Standard Time. Observes CST â Central Standard Time part of the year, but not currently. Currently has same time zone offset as CST (UTC -6) but different time zone name. Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. This time zone is in use during standard time in: North America, Central America. This time zone is often called Central Time.
Time Difference. 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. During the fall, winter and spring periods of legal daylight savings time, the Central Time Zone shifts to UTC-05 and the Pacific Time Zone shifts to UTC-07. Location The Pacific Time Zone lies along the western coast of North America, reaching north from the lower 48 states of the U.S. up into Canada, stopping at the Alaskan border.