Hello how may I help you? Hi can you tell me some general info on time zones please? What type of information would you like to know? What the difference between central and eastern is please. There is one hour difference between central time and eastern time. Oh nice Eastern time is ahead of central time by one hour. Ah thanks for specifying When it is 4 PM in eastern time it is 3 PM in central time. Good to know Let me know if you ever have any other questions.