CST/CDT
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CDT is not used on this date
This converter uses CST (GMT -6), the offset Chicago uses on this date. Open the CST converter.
HST
Hawaii Standard Time
GMT -10
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare CDT time with HST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central Standard Time is 4 hours ahead of Hawaii Standard Time
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 2:00 am02:00 in HST

CST to HST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm in CST which corresponds to 9am-1pm in HST

6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
2:00 am02:00 Hawaii Standard Time (HST). Offset UTC -10:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 CST / 2:00 am02:00 HST

CSTHST
12am (midnight)8pm
1am9pm
2am10pm
3am11pm
4am12am (midnight)
5am1am
6am2am
7am3am
8am4am
9am5am
10am6am
11am7am
12pm (noon)8am
1pm9am
2pm10am
3pm11am
4pm12pm (noon)
5pm1pm
6pm2pm
7pm3pm
8pm4pm
9pm5pm
10pm6pm
11pm7pm
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02:0022:00
03:0023:00
04:0000:00
05:0001:00
06:0002:00
07:0003:00
08:0004:00
09:0005:00
10:0006:00
11:0007:00
12:0008:00
13:0009:00
14:0010:00
15:0011:00
16:0012:00
17:0013:00
18:0014:00
19:0015:00
20:0016:00
21:0017:00
22:0018:00
23:0019:00

Central Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Chicago in the United States, with about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio, Dallas.

French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre

Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

CDT Time Zone Geo Map
CDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Central Standard Time (CST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Central Daylight Time (CDT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March

CDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke
CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Hawaii Standard Time

Offset: HST is 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the HST time zone is Honolulu in the United States, with about 371,657 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Pearl City, Hilo, Kailua, Waipahu.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Hawaii Standard Time (HST) do not change for daylight saving time, so HST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

HST Time Zone Geo Map
HST timezone map

HST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -10 - basic short
  • -1000 - basic
  • -10:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -1000 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Whiskey - Military abbreviation for HST
  • W - short form of 'Whiskey'
IANA/Olson: Reflects HST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Adak
  • America/Atka
  • HST
  • Pacific/Honolulu
  • Pacific/Johnston
  • US/Aleutian
  • US/Hawaii
Time zones with the GMT -10 offset:
  • HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
  • CKT - Cook Island Time
  • HST - Hawaii Standard Time
  • TAHT - Tahiti Time
  • W - Whiskey Time Zone