BST to CT Converter
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1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 12, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 12, 2026
BST is 6 hours ahead of CDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, BST is 6 hours ahead of CT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, GMT is 5 hours ahead of CT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, GMT is 6 hours ahead of CT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BST correspond to 3:00 am to 11:00 am in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 3:00 am to 11:00 am in CT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in CT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in BST correspond to 03:00 to 11:00 in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 03:00 to 11:00 in CT or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in CT.
Compare BST time with CT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
British Summer Time is 6 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in BST is 7:00 am07:00 in CDT
BST to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-5pm15:00-17:00 in BST which corresponds to 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in CDT
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 BST / 7:00 am07:00 CDT
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British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield.
Today all shaded areas are on BST.
Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
BST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +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 east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
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 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
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−6 (Central Standard Time, MDT).
CT 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 CT
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone