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AZOT
Azores Time
GMT -1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CT
Central Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AZOST is 5 hours ahead of CT. At other times of the year, AZOT is 5 hours ahead of CT or AZOT is 4 hours ahead of CT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AZOST correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AZOT correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in CT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AZOT correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm 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
11:00 am11:00 in AZOT is 6:00 am06:00 in CT

AZOT to CT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-5pm in AZOT which corresponds to 9am-12pm in CT

11:00 am11:00 Azores Time (AZOT). Offset UTC -1:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

11:00 am11:00 AZOT / 6:00 am06:00 CT

AZOTCT
12am (midnight)7pm
1am8pm
2am9pm
3am10pm
4am11pm
5am12am (midnight)
6am1am
7am2am
8am3am
9am4am
10am5am
11am6am
12pm (noon)7am
1pm8am
2pm9am
3pm10am
4pm11am
5pm12pm (noon)
6pm1pm
7pm2pm
8pm3pm
9pm4pm
10pm5pm
11pm6pm
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01:0020:00
02:0021:00
03:0022:00
04:0023:00
05:0000:00
06:0001:00
07:0002:00
08:0003:00
09:0004:00
10:0005:00
11:0006:00
12:0007:00
13:0008:00
14:0009:00
15:0010:00
16:0011:00
17:0012:00
18:0013:00
19:0014:00
20:0015:00
21:0016:00
22:0017:00
23:0018:00

Azores Time

Offset: AZOT is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Atlantic

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.

AZOT Time Zone Geo Map
AZOT timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 1am to 12amStart: Azores Time (AZOT) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 12:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 12am to 1amEnd: Azores Time (AZOT) ends on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 12:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

See 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, 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

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