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8:00 am08:00 CDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 AST (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026

CDT and Castries have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT Caribbean and Castries have the same time. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST Caribbean is 1 hour behind Castries.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT Caribbean correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Castries. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST Caribbean correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in Castries.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT Caribbean correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in Castries. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST Caribbean correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in Castries.

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

Time Difference

Cuba Daylight Time and AST (Atlantic Standard Time) have the same local time.
8:00 am08:00 in CDT is 8:00 am08:00 in Castries, Saint Lucia

CDT to Castries call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in CDT which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Castries

8:00 am08:00 Cuba Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 AST (Atlantic Standard Time) (Castries, Saint Lucia). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 CDT / 8:00 am08:00 Castries, Saint Lucia

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Cuba Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Cuba

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Havana in Cuba, with about 2.164 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Holguín, Guantánamo.

Map of the areas on Cuba Daylight Time (CDT)
CDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CDT.

Daylight Saving: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Cuba Standard Time (CST).

123456789101112Start: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

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CDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Havana
  • Cuba
CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time

Castries Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AST – Atlantic Standard Time, UTC-4 (no daylight saving time)

Castries Facts

Country
Saint Lucia
Alternative Names
Castries, Kastri, Kastrijs, Kastris, Kastrizo, Kastry, Kastrys, Port Castries, ka si te li, kaeseuteuliseu, kasatarisa, kastris, kastrys, kasutorizu, kestrijha, qstryz, Κάστρις, Кастри, Кастрийс, Кастрис, Кастры, Кастрі, קסטריז, كاستريس, کاستریس, कॅस्ट्रीझ, ਕਾਸਤਰੀਸ, காஸ்ட்ரீஸ், แคสตรีส์, ཁ་སི་ཐྲིས།, კასტრი, ካስትሪስ, カストリーズ, 卡斯特里, 캐스트리스
Population
20,000
Currency
Dollar (XCD)
Geographic Coordinates
13° 59' N Latitude / 61° 00' W Longitude