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2:30 am02:30 AZOT (UTC-1), Nov 1, 2026 = 9:30 pm21:30 CT (UTC-6), Oct 31, 2026

AZOT is 5 hours ahead of CT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AZOST is 5 hours ahead of CT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, AZOT is 4 hours ahead of CT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, AZOT is 5 hours ahead of CT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AZOST correspond to 4:00 am to 1:00 pm in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AZOT correspond to 4:00 am to 1:00 pm in CT or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AZOT correspond to 5:00 am to 2:00 pm in CT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AZOST correspond to 04:00 to 13:00 in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AZOT correspond to 04:00 to 13:00 in CT or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AZOT correspond to 05:00 to 14:00 in CT.

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

Time Difference

Azores Time is 5 hours ahead of Central Time.
2:30 am02:30 in AZOT is 9:30 pm21:30 in CT

AZOT to CT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in AZOT which corresponds to 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in CT

2:30 am02:30 Azores Time (AZOT). Offset UTC -1:00 hours
9:30 pm21:30 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

2:30 am02:30 AZOT / 9:30 pm21:30 CT

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Azores Time

Offset: AZOT is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AZOT time zone is Ponta Delgada in Portugal, with about 20,056 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lagoa, Angra do Heroísmo, Rabo de Peixe, Horta.

Map of the areas on Azores Time (AZOT)
AZOT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on AZOT.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Azores Summer Time (AZOST).

123456789101112Start: Azores Time (AZOT) started on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00 am00:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

123456789101112End: Azores Time (AZOT) ends on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 1:00 am01:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

See Portugal daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AZOT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -01 - basic short
  • -0100 - basic
  • -01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • November - Military abbreviation for AZOT
  • N - short form of 'November'
Time zones with the GMT -1 offset:
  • EGT - East Greenland Time
  • WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
  • AZOT - Azores Time
  • CVT - Cape Verde Time
  • N - November Time Zone

Central Time

Central Time (CT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CT time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Puebla, Santiago de Querétaro.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

Map of the areas on Central Time (CT)
CT all year CT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CT.

CT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone