CST/CDT
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
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CDT is not used on this date
This converter uses CST (GMT -6), the offset Chicago uses on this date. Open the CST converter.
Colombia
COT
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Compare CDT time with Bogota time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central Standard Time is 1 hour behind COT (Colombia Time)
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 7:00 am07:00 in Bogota, Colombia

CST to Bogotá call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm in CST which corresponds to 10am-5pm in Bogotá

6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 COT (Colombia Time) (Bogota, Colombia). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 CST / 7:00 am07:00 Bogota, Colombia

CSTBogota, Colombia
12am (midnight)1am
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3am4am
4am5am
5am6am
6am7am
7am8am
8am9am
9am10am
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11am12pm (noon)
12pm (noon)1pm
1pm2pm
2pm3pm
3pm4pm
4pm5pm
5pm6pm
6pm7pm
7pm8pm
8pm9pm
9pm10pm
10pm11pm
11pm12am (midnight)
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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

Bogotá Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
COT - Colombia Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-5:00 hours during Colombia Time, currently in use.

Bogotá Facts

Country
Colombia
Alternative Names
BOG, Bagata, Bogot, Bogota, Bogoto, Bogotà, Bogotá, Boqota, Buoguota, Bógóta, Mponkota, Santa-Fe-de-Bogota, Santafe de Bogota, Santafe de Bogotá, Santafé de Bogotá, Wukuta, beageatta, bo ge da, bogota, bokota, bwghwta, bwgwta, bwgwth, bwjwta, pokotta, Μπογκοτά, Багата, Богота, Боґота, Санта-Фе-де-Богота, Բոգոտա, באגאטא, בוגוטה, بوجوتا, بوغوتا, بوگوتا, بگوٹا, بۆگۆتا, बोगोटा, बोगोता, বোগোতা, ਬੋਗੋਤਾ, ବୋଗୋଟା, பொகோட்டா, ಬೊಗೋಟ, ബൊഗോട്ട, โบโกตา, པོ་གོ་ཏ, ဘိုဂိုတာမြို့, ბოგოტა, ቦጎታ, ទីក្រុងបូកូតា, ボゴタ, 波哥大, 보고타
Population
7,674,366
Currency
Peso (COP)
Geographic Coordinates
4° 36' N Latitude / 74° 04' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+57