Quick question: what time zone are the times by the names in? and how many hours do you subtract or add to get the time for pacific coast?
By what names? From which time zone do you want to know the difference on the west coast?
From the east coast of the USA (except for the eastern Gulf part of the Florida panhandle), you subtract three hours to get the west coast time.
I meant to say that the western (not the eastern) part of the Florida panhandle, around Pensacola, is not in the Eastern time zone.
The times by the names are usually displayed in the local time zone of that particular place or region. As for the Pacific Coast, it typically refers to the western coast of the United States, which lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PT).
To convert the time to the Pacific Coast time zone, you need to subtract a certain number of hours. The specific number of hours to subtract depends on the time zone you are converting from:
- Eastern Time Zone (ET): Subtract 3 hours
- Central Time Zone (CT): Subtract 2 hours
- Mountain Time Zone (MT): Subtract 1 hour
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): Subtract 8 hours (or 7 hours during Daylight Saving Time)
- Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): Subtract 8 hours (or 7 hours during Daylight Saving Time)
For example, if it is currently 10:00 AM in New York City (Eastern Time Zone), to convert it to Pacific Coast time, you would subtract 3 hours, resulting in 7:00 AM.
It's important to note that daylight saving time adjustments may affect the time difference, so be sure to check if daylight saving is in effect for both time zones when making the conversion.