CDT to AST Arabia Converter
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This converter uses CST (GMT -6), the offset Chicago uses on this date. Open the CST converter.Quick answers
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CDT and AST examples
These examples always use CDT (UTC-5) and AST (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CDT is 8 hours behind AST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CDT is 8 hours behind AST Arabia. At other times of the year, CST is 9 hours behind AST Arabia.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in AST Arabia. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in AST Arabia.
Compare CDT time with AST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Standard Time is 9 hours behind Arabia Standard Time
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 3:00 pm15:00 in AST
CST to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am in CST which corresponds to 5pm-6pm in AST
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST / 3:00 pm15:00 AST
| CST | AST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9am |
| 1am | 10am |
| 2am | 11am |
| 3am | 12pm (noon) |
| 4am | 1pm |
| 5am | 2pm |
| 6am | 3pm |
| 7am | 4pm |
| 8am | 5pm |
| 9am | 6pm |
| 10am | 7pm |
| 11am | 8pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 9pm |
| 1pm | 10pm |
| 2pm | 11pm |
| 3pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 4pm | 1am |
| 5pm | 2am |
| 6pm | 3am |
| 7pm | 4am |
| 8pm | 5am |
| 9pm | 6am |
| 10pm | 7am |
| 11pm | 8am |
| 00:00 | 09:00 |
| 01:00 | 10:00 |
| 02:00 | 11:00 |
| 03:00 | 12:00 |
| 04:00 | 13:00 |
| 05:00 | 14:00 |
| 06:00 | 15:00 |
| 07:00 | 16:00 |
| 08:00 | 17:00 |
| 09:00 | 18:00 |
| 10:00 | 19:00 |
| 11:00 | 20:00 |
| 12:00 | 21:00 |
| 13:00 | 22:00 |
| 14:00 | 23:00 |
| 15:00 | 00:00 |
| 16:00 | 01:00 |
| 17:00 | 02:00 |
| 18:00 | 03:00 |
| 19:00 | 04:00 |
| 20:00 | 05:00 |
| 21:00 | 06:00 |
| 22:00 | 07:00 |
| 23:00 | 08:00 |
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Chicago in the United States, with about 2.664 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Houston, San Antonio, Ciudad Juarez, Dallas.
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro
Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March
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 an offset of five hours 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
Arabia Standard Time
Offset: AST is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Saudi Arabia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, with about 4.697 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Riyadh, Mecca, Medina, Sultanah.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Arabia Standard Time (AST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
AST representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for AST
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
- Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time