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CDT to AWDT Converter

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CST/CDT
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CDT is not used on this date
This converter uses CST (GMT -6), the offset Chicago uses on this date. Open the CST converter.
AWST/AWDT
Australian Western Standard Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
AWDT is not used on this date
This converter uses AWST (GMT +8), the offset Perth uses on this date. Open the AWST converter.

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The selected date and time will appear here when the converter loads.

CDT and AWDT examples

These examples always use CDT (UTC-5) and AWDT (UTC+9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CDT is 14 hours behind AWDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT is 13 hours behind AWST. At other times of the year, CST is 14 hours behind AWST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 10:00 pm to 6:00 am (next day) in AWST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 11:00 pm to 7:00 am (next day) in AWST.

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

Time Difference

Central Standard Time is 14 hours behind Australian Western Standard Time
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 8:00 pm20:00 in AWST

CST to AWST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm in CST which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am in AWST (next day)

6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 CST / 8:00 pm20:00 AWST

CSTAWST
12am (midnight)2pm
1am3pm
2am4pm
3am5pm
4am6pm
5am7pm
6am8pm
7am9pm
8am10pm
9am11pm
10am12am (midnight)
11am1am
12pm (noon)2am
1pm3am
2pm4am
3pm5am
4pm6am
5pm7am
6pm8am
7pm9am
8pm10am
9pm11am
10pm12pm (noon)
11pm1pm
00:0014:00
01:0015:00
02:0016:00
03:0017:00
04:0018:00
05:0019:00
06:0020:00
07:0021:00
08:0022:00
09:0023:00
10:0000:00
11:0001:00
12:0002:00
13:0003:00
14:0004:00
15:0005:00
16:0006:00
17:0007:00
18:0008:00
19:0009:00
20:0010:00
21:0011:00
22:0012:00
23:0013:00

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

CDT Time Zone Geo Map
CDT timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: 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

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: 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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
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 -5 offset:
  • 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

Australian Western Daylight Time

Offset: AWDT is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

AWDT Time Zone Geo Map
AWDT timezone map

AWDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for AWDT
  • I - short form of 'India'
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT