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.
Bulgaria
EET
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

Central Standard Time is 8 hours behind EET (Eastern European Time)
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 2:00 pm14:00 in Sofia, Bulgaria

CST to Sofia call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in CST which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in Sofia

6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 EET (Eastern European Time) (Sofia, Bulgaria). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 CST / 2:00 pm14:00 Sofia, Bulgaria

CSTSofia, Bulgaria
12am (midnight)8am
1am9am
2am10am
3am11am
4am12pm (noon)
5am1pm
6am2pm
7am3pm
8am4pm
9am5pm
10am6pm
11am7pm
12pm (noon)8pm
1pm9pm
2pm10pm
3pm11pm
4pm12am (midnight)
5pm1am
6pm2am
7pm3am
8pm4am
9pm5am
10pm6am
11pm7am
00:0008:00
01:0009:00
02:0010:00
03:0011:00
04:0012:00
05:0013:00
06:0014:00
07:0015:00
08:0016:00
09:0017:00
10:0018:00
11:0019:00
12:0020:00
13:0021:00
14:0022:00
15:0023:00
16:0000:00
17:0001:00
18:0002:00
19:0003:00
20:0004:00
21:0005:00
22:0006:00
23:0007:00

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 2.696 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio, 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

Sofia Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
EET - Eastern European Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Eastern European Summer Time, currently in use.
+2:00 hours during Eastern European Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 4:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 4am to 3amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 4:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Sofia Facts

Country
Bulgaria
Alternative Names
SOF, Safija, Serdica, Sofi, Sofia, Sofiae, Sofie, Sofii, Sofij, Sofija, Sofija osh, Sofijo, Sofio, Sofiya, Sofiä, Sofiýa, Sofja, Sofya, Sofía, Soifia, Sophia, Sredets, Suofeje, Suofėjė, Szofia, Szófia, Sòfia, Sófia, Sófía, Sóifia, Ulpia Serdica, cohviya, saphiya, seaphiya, sofeiy, sofi'a, sofia, sophiya, sopia, suo fei ya, swfya, swfyh, swpyh, Σόφια, Сафія, Софи, Софий, София, София ош, Софија, Софія, Софїꙗ, Սոֆիա, סאפיע, סופיה, سوفىيە, سۆفیا, صوفيا, صوفیه, صوفیہ, صوٙفیە, सोफिया, সফিয়া, ਸੋਫ਼ੀਆ, சோஃவியா, സോഫിയ, โซเฟีย, སོ་ཧྥི་ཡ།, სოფია, ሶፊያ, ソフィア, 索菲亞, 소피아, 𐍃𐍉𐍆𐌹𐌰
Population
1,152,556
Currency
Lev (BGN)
Geographic Coordinates
42° 41' N Latitude / 23° 19' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+359