CDT to AST Converter
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 2 hours behind Atlantic Daylight Time
7:30 pm19:30 in CDT is 9:30 pm21:30 in ADT
CDT to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-5pm in CDT which corresponds to 9am-6pm in AST
7:30 pm19:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:30 pm21:30 Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
7:30 pm19:30 CDT / 9:30 pm21:30 ADT
| CDT | ADT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 2am |
| 1am | 3am |
| 2am | 4am |
| 3am | 5am |
| 4am | 6am |
| 5am | 7am |
| 6am | 8am |
| 7am | 9am |
| 8am | 10am |
| 9am | 11am |
| 10am | 12pm (noon) |
| 11am | 1pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 2pm |
| 1pm | 3pm |
| 2pm | 4pm |
| 3pm | 5pm |
| 4pm | 6pm |
| 5pm | 7pm |
| 6pm | 8pm |
| 7pm | 9pm |
| 8pm | 10pm |
| 9pm | 11pm |
| 10pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 11pm | 1am |
| 0:00 | 2:00 |
| 1:00 | 3:00 |
| 2:00 | 4:00 |
| 3:00 | 5:00 |
| 4:00 | 6:00 |
| 5:00 | 7:00 |
| 6:00 | 8:00 |
| 7:00 | 9:00 |
| 8:00 | 10:00 |
| 9:00 | 11:00 |
| 10:00 | 12:00 |
| 11:00 | 13:00 |
| 12:00 | 14:00 |
| 13:00 | 15:00 |
| 14:00 | 16:00 |
| 15:00 | 17:00 |
| 16:00 | 18:00 |
| 17:00 | 19:00 |
| 18:00 | 20:00 |
| 19:00 | 21:00 |
| 20:00 | 22:00 |
| 21:00 | 23:00 |
| 22:00 | 0:00 |
| 23:00 | 1:00 |
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT timezone is Chicago from USA with population about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in the area are Havana, Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro
Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November
CDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Chicago
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Resolute
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
- Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Atlantic Standard Time
Offset: AST is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, St Barthelemy, Bermuda, Caribbean NL, Canada, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin (French), Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St Maarten (Dutch), Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent, Virgin Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (US)
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST timezone is Santo Domingo from Dominican Republic with population about 2.202 million people. Other major cities in the area are Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo Oeste, San Juan, Halifax
French: HNA - Heure Normale de l'Atlantique
Spanish: AST - Tiempo Estándar del Atlántico
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).
End: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
AST representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates four hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for AST
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- America/Anguilla
- America/Antigua
- America/Aruba
- America/Barbados
- America/Blanc-Sablon
- America/Curacao
- America/Dominica
- America/Glace_Bay
- America/Goose_Bay
- America/Grenada
- America/Guadeloupe
- America/Halifax
- America/Kralendijk
- America/Lower_Princes
- America/Marigot
- America/Martinique
- America/Moncton
- America/Montserrat
- America/Port_of_Spain
- America/Puerto_Rico
- America/Santo_Domingo
- America/St_Barthelemy
- America/St_Kitts
- America/St_Lucia
- America/St_Thomas
- America/St_Vincent
- America/Thule
- America/Tortola
- America/Virgin
- Atlantic/Bermuda
- Canada/Atlantic
- Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
- Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
- Azerbaijan Standard Time - UTC +4
- Argentina Standard Time - UTC -3
- Azores Summer Time - UTC +0
- Apia Standard Time - UTC +13
- 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