Daylight saving time
Every clock change in the coming year, by date, and the countries that never change.
CST/CDT: Central Time
Central Time, UTC−6 right now. Used in US, Canada & Mexico. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 14, 2027.
CST, Central Time
CST
Friday, November 6, 2026
UTC−6
- Abbreviation
- CST/CDT
- Full name
- Central Time
- UTC offset now
- UTC−6
- Standard time
- UTC−6
- Daylight time
- UTC−5
- Daylight saving
- Yes
- Reference zone
- America/Chicago
- Where
- US, Canada & Mexico
Daylight saving time in CST
DST ended
Sun, Nov 1, 2026
Clocks went back 1 hour
DST starts
Sun, Mar 14, 2027
Clocks go forward 1 hour
Winter
UTC−6
CST
Summer
UTC−5
CDT
CST is the standard time; in summer the zone is on CDT, UTC−5. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 14, 2027.
Countries and cities on CST
Where Central Time is kept, with each country's largest cities in the zone.
| City | Local time | Compared to CST |
|---|---|---|
| MexicoMexico City, Iztapalapa, Puebla | Fri 1:56 AM | Same time |
| United StatesChicago, Houston, San Antonio | Fri 1:56 AM | Same time |
| GuatemalaGuatemala City, Villa Nueva, Mixco | Fri 1:56 AM | Same time |
| HondurasTegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Danlí | Fri 1:56 AM | Same time |
| NicaraguaManagua, León, Masaya | Fri 1:56 AM | Same time |
| CanadaWinnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina | Fri 2:56 AM | +1h (ahead) |
| El SalvadorSan Salvador, Soyapango, San Miguel | Fri 1:56 AM | Same time |
| Costa RicaSan José, Limón, Alajuela | Fri 1:56 AM | Same time |
| BelizeBelize City, San Ignacio, San Pedro | Fri 1:56 AM | Same time |
Convert CST
- CST to EST
- EST to CST
- PST to CST
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- CST to PST
- MST to CST
- CDT to EST
- CST to MST
- CDT to EDT
- GMT to CST
- PDT to CST
- EDT to CDT
- EDT to CST
- CST to IST
- IST to CST
- CST to UTC
- CET to CST
- CDT to PST
- CDT to CST
- CST to GMT
- UTC to CDT
- BST to CST
- KST to CST
- MDT to CST
- EST to CDT
- JST to CST
- CEST to CST
- CDT to UTC
- PDT to CDT
- CST to EDT
- PST to CDT
- CDT to PDT
- CDT to IST
- CST to PDT
- MDT to CDT
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Frequently asked questions
Ask a questionThe clock at the top of this page shows the current time in Central Time (CST, or CDT in summer), following the rules of the America/Chicago time zone. It is UTC−6 at the moment.
CST stands for Central Time. It is used in US, Canada & Mexico.
CST is UTC−6. During daylight saving time the same places are on CDT, UTC−5.
CST is the standard time; in summer the zone is on CDT, UTC−5. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 14, 2027.
Other time zones
- UTCThe world's reference time
- GMTUTC+0 all year
- EST/EDTUS & Canada
- MST/MDTUS & Canada
- PST/PDTUS & Canada
- AKST/AKDTAlaska
- HSTHawaii
- AST/ADTAtlantic Canada & the Caribbean
- NST/NDTNewfoundland
- GMT/BSTUnited Kingdom
- WET/WESTPortugal & the Canary Islands
- CET/CESTBerlin
- EET/EESTAthens
- MSKMoscow
- TRTTürkiye
- EATNairobi
- CATMaputo
- SASTSouth Africa
- WATLagos
- ASTSaudi Arabia
- GSTUAE & Oman
- IRSTIran
- PKTPakistan
- ISTIndia
- IST/IDTIsrael
- GMT/ISTIreland
- NPTNepal
- BSTBangladesh
- ICTThailand
- WIBJakarta
- CSTChina
- HKTHong Kong
- SGTSingapore
- MYTMalaysia
- PHTPhilippines
- AWSTPerth
- JSTJapan
- KSTSouth Korea
- ACST/ACDTAdelaide
- AEST/AEDTSydney
- NZST/NZDTNew Zealand
- BRTSão Paulo
- ARTArgentina
- CST/CDTCuba
- SSTAmerican Samoa
- AoEUTC−12 all year
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.