AST Ast to CDT Converter
Time Difference
Argentina Standard Time is 3 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in AST is 2:30 pm14:30 in CST
AST to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm in AST which corresponds to 8am-4pm in CDT
5:30 pm17:30 Argentina Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
2:30 pm14:30 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 AST / 2:30 pm14:30 CST
AST | CST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 9pm |
1am | 10pm |
2am | 11pm |
3am | 12am (midnight) |
4am | 1am |
5am | 2am |
6am | 3am |
7am | 4am |
8am | 5am |
9am | 6am |
10am | 7am |
11am | 8am |
12pm (noon) | 9am |
1pm | 10am |
2pm | 11am |
3pm | 12pm (noon) |
4pm | 1pm |
5pm | 2pm |
6pm | 3pm |
7pm | 4pm |
8pm | 5pm |
9pm | 6pm |
10pm | 7pm |
11pm | 8pm |
0:00 | 21:00 |
1:00 | 22:00 |
2:00 | 23:00 |
3:00 | 0:00 |
4:00 | 1:00 |
5:00 | 2:00 |
6:00 | 3:00 |
7:00 | 4:00 |
8:00 | 5:00 |
9:00 | 6:00 |
10:00 | 7:00 |
11:00 | 8:00 |
12:00 | 9:00 |
13:00 | 10:00 |
14:00 | 11:00 |
15:00 | 12:00 |
16:00 | 13:00 |
17:00 | 14:00 |
18:00 | 15:00 |
19:00 | 16:00 |
20:00 | 17:00 |
21:00 | 18:00 |
22:00 | 19:00 |
23:00 | 20:00 |
Argentina Standard Time
Offset: AST is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bermuda, Canada, Greenland
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST timezone is Halifax from Canada with population about 359,111 people. Other major cities in the area are Sydney, Dartmouth, Saint John, Moncton
AST representations, usage and related time zones
- -03 - basic short
- -0300 - basic
- -03:00 - extended
- -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates three hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Papa - Military abbreviation for AST
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
- Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
- Argentina Standard Time - UTC -3
- Arabian Standard Time - UTC +3
- Azores Summer Time - UTC +0
- Apia Standard Time - UTC +13
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- WGT - West Greenland Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - BrasÃlia time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Havana, Houston, Iztapalapa
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) has ended on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 5, 2023, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) starts on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March
CDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Chicago
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- 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/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Resolute
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
- Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
- 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