CST to PHT Converter
Quick answers
CST is 14 hours behind PHT. CST uses GMT -6, and PHT uses GMT +8 for this comparison.
For example, 6:00 am CST is 8:00 pm PHT. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 5:30pm-6:30pm CST, which is 7:30am-8:30am PHT (next day).
CST is a fixed UTC-6 standard-time offset. For current Central Time, compare CDT to PHT or CT to PHT.
Compare CST time with PHT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Standard Time is 14 hours behind Philippine Time
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 8:00 pm20:00 in PHT
CST to PHT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm in CST which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am in PHT (next day)
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Philippine Time (PHT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST / 8:00 pm20:00 PHT
| CST | PHT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 2pm |
| 1am | 3pm |
| 2am | 4pm |
| 3am | 5pm |
| 4am | 6pm |
| 5am | 7pm |
| 6am | 8pm |
| 7am | 9pm |
| 8am | 10pm |
| 9am | 11pm |
| 10am | 12am (midnight) |
| 11am | 1am |
| 12pm (noon) | 2am |
| 1pm | 3am |
| 2pm | 4am |
| 3pm | 5am |
| 4pm | 6am |
| 5pm | 7am |
| 6pm | 8am |
| 7pm | 9am |
| 8pm | 10am |
| 9pm | 11am |
| 10pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 11pm | 1pm |
| 00:00 | 14:00 |
| 01:00 | 15:00 |
| 02:00 | 16:00 |
| 03:00 | 17:00 |
| 04:00 | 18:00 |
| 05:00 | 19:00 |
| 06:00 | 20:00 |
| 07:00 | 21:00 |
| 08:00 | 22:00 |
| 09:00 | 23:00 |
| 10:00 | 00:00 |
| 11:00 | 01:00 |
| 12:00 | 02:00 |
| 13:00 | 03:00 |
| 14:00 | 04:00 |
| 15:00 | 05:00 |
| 16:00 | 06:00 |
| 17:00 | 07:00 |
| 18:00 | 08:00 |
| 19:00 | 09:00 |
| 20:00 | 10:00 |
| 21:00 | 11:00 |
| 22:00 | 12:00 |
| 23:00 | 13:00 |
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
Philippine Time
Offset: PHT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Philippines
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PHT time zone is Manila in Philippines, with about 10.445 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Quezon City, Budta, Davao, Malingao.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Philippine Time (PHT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PHT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
PHT representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for PHT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time