US Meeting Planner — the EST to PST time zone meeting planner for New York, Chicago, Denver & LA.

The continental US spans four time zones separated by exactly one hour each: Eastern (UTC−5), Central (UTC−6), Mountain (UTC−7), and Pacific (UTC−8) during standard time. During daylight saving (March–November) all four shift together, so the gaps never change — a rarity that makes US-only scheduling much simpler than international planning.

What 1:00 PM Eastern looks like across the US

*Arizona skips daylight saving, so it aligns with Pacific in summer and Mountain in winter. The planner handles this automatically.

EST to PST meeting planner: hour-by-hour

Highlighted rows show the standard 9-to-5 golden window. Arizona follows MST year-round, so it matches Pacific in summer and Mountain in winter.

EST, CST, MST and PST overlap at a glance

Best time to meet between East Coast and West Coast

With standard 9–5 schedules everywhere, the mutual golden window for an EST–PST meeting is 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern = 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Pacific. The sweet spot is around 1:00–3:00 PM ET: late enough that West Coast teams are fully started, early enough that East Coast teams aren't into evening hours. Set every row to the 9–5 preset in the planner above and the green window shows you this instantly.

Why use a dedicated US meeting planner?

Generic converters show one moment; this US time zone meeting planner shows the whole day for every zone at once, rates any moment as In hours / Early / Late / Outside, excludes lunch if you want, and exports a calendar invite with correct local times for every attendee. For calls that include other countries, switch to theinternational meeting planner or the fullmeeting planner for time zones. New to DST edge cases? Read ourdaylight saving 2027 guide.

US meeting planner 2027: DST dates to plan around

In 2027, US daylight saving time starts on March 14 and ends onNovember 7. Because all four continental US zones change together, the Eastern–Pacific gap stays at three hours year-round. The tricky weeks are when Europe or Australia change on different dates — that is when a US-only plan suddenly becomes an international one. Check the exact meeting date in the planner above before sending invites.

Keep planning

• US meeting planner FAQ — Phoenix, EST vs EDT, sharing, and when to switch to international mode.
• Meeting time converter — 50+ city-pair tables and preloaded planners.
• Meeting cost calculator — estimate the salary cost of a recurring US call.
• Sales demo scheduling — book US prospects without early or late slots.
• Jet lag calculator — plan recovery around cross-country travel.

Sources

• IANA Time Zone Database — authoritative zone and DST rules.
• NIST Daylight Saving Time — official US transition dates.
• U.S. Department of Transportation — time zone and travel context.