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HST: Hawaiian Standard Time. HST is behind of PST by 2 hours PST: Pacific Standard Time PST is behind of GMT by 8 hour MST: Mountain Standard Time MST is ahead of PST by 1 hour CST: Central Standard Time CST is ahead of MST by 1 hour and PST by 2 hours EST: Eastern Standard Time EST is ahead of CST by 1 hour MST by 2 hours and PST by 3 hours
EST Eastern Standard Time Eastern Time Zone is the Eastern Time Zone of the United States of America (USA) and Canada. Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-5). MST Mountain Standard Time Mountain Time is the Mountain Time Zone of the United States of America (USA). Mountain Standard Time (MST) is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-7). HST Hawaiian Standard Time Hawaii is in the Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone in the United States, which is 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-10).
Some Examples showing the difference in Time (DLS ON): IST 1:30 AM HST 11:00 AM PST 1:00 PM MST 2:00 PM CST 3:00 PM EST 4:00 PM
Some Examples showing the difference in Time (DLS OFF): IST HST 11 AM PST 1:00 PM MST CST EST
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THUMB RULE
When you are converting a given time from IST to CST,EST,MST or HST , consider the PST time-zone as the Standard time for conversion. Following are the steps used in the conversion. Change the IST time to PST time : PST = IST 30mins , when DLS is on PST = IST 1hour 30mins , when DLS is off Add/subtract hours to change to CST/EST/MST/HST accordingly MST = PST + 1hour CST = PST + 2hours EST = PST + 3hours HST = PST 2hours When you are converting a given time from CST,EST,MST or HST to IST , change the time to PST and then convert to IST. Following are the steps used in the conversion. Change the CST/EST/MST or HST time to PST : PST = MST 1hour PST = CST 2hours PST = EST 3hours PST = HST + 2hours Change the PST time to IST time : IST = PST + 30mins , when DLS is on (change am/pm) IST = PST + 1hour 30mins , when DLS is off (change am/pm)