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8:00 am08:00 CDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 12, 2026

CDT is 4 hours behind UTC.

CDT and UTC examples

These examples always use CDT (UTC-4) and UTC (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CDT is 4 hours behind UTC.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT Caribbean is 4 hours behind UTC. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST Caribbean is 5 hours behind UTC.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT Caribbean correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in UTC. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST Caribbean correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in UTC.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT Caribbean correspond to 13:00 to 21:00 in UTC. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST Caribbean correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in UTC.

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

Time Difference

Cuba Daylight Time is 4 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time.
8:00 am08:00 in CDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC

CDT to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in CDT which corresponds to 1pm-5pm13:00-17:00 in UTC

8:00 am08:00 Cuba Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 CDT / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC

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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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

Coordinated Universal Time

Offset: UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.

Map of the areas on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
UTC all year UTC part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time, WEST).

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone