CST / CDT
CST — Central Time
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
CST · UTC−6
Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Minneapolis, New Orleans and Winnipeg. CST is UTC−6; in summer the region uses CDT, UTC−5.
Daylight saving time
Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−6 → UTC−5).
CST is the standard-time name. While daylight saving time is in effect the same region uses CDT. The clock on this page always shows the time actually in effect.
Convert CST to other time zones
| Time zone | Time now | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| CST to UTC Coordinated Universal Time | 12:00 PM | 6 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to GMT Greenwich Mean Time | 12:00 PM | 6 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to EST Eastern Time | 7:00 AM | 1 hour ahead of CST |
| CST to MST Mountain Time | 5:00 AM | 1 hour behind CST |
| CST to PST Pacific Time | 4:00 AM | 2 hours behind CST |
| CST to AKST Alaska Time | 3:00 AM | 3 hours behind CST |
| CST to HST Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time | 2:00 AM | 4 hours behind CST |
| CST to AST Atlantic Time | 8:00 AM | 2 hours ahead of CST |
| BRT Brasília Time | 9:00 AM | 3 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to BST British Summer Time | 12:00 PM | 6 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to CET Central European Time | 1:00 PM | 7 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to EET Eastern European Time | 2:00 PM | 8 hours ahead of CST |
| MSK Moscow Time | 3:00 PM | 9 hours ahead of CST |
| GST Gulf Standard Time | 4:00 PM | 10 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to PKT Pakistan Standard Time | 5:00 PM | 11 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to IST India Standard Time | 5:30 PM | 11 hours 30 minutes ahead of CST |
| ICT Indochina Time | 7:00 PM | 13 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to SGT Singapore Time | 8:00 PM | 14 hours ahead of CST |
| HKT Hong Kong Time | 8:00 PM | 14 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to PHT Philippine Time | 8:00 PM | 14 hours ahead of CST |
| AWST Australian Western Standard Time | 8:00 PM | 14 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to JST Japan Standard Time | 9:00 PM | 15 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to KST Korea Standard Time | 9:00 PM | 15 hours ahead of CST |
| ACST Australian Central Time | 10:30 PM | 16 hours 30 minutes ahead of CST |
| CST to AEST Australian Eastern Time | 11:00 PM | 17 hours ahead of CST |
| CST to NZST New Zealand Time | 1:00 AM | 19 hours ahead of CST |
| WAT West Africa Time | 1:00 PM | 7 hours ahead of CST |
| SAST South Africa Standard Time | 2:00 PM | 8 hours ahead of CST |
| EAT East Africa Time | 3:00 PM | 9 hours ahead of CST |