CDT to HDT Converter
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This converter uses CST (GMT -6), the offset Chicago uses on this date. Open the CST converter.HDT is not used on this date
This converter keeps HDT at GMT -9. Honolulu uses HST (GMT -10) on this date. Open the HST converter, or choose Honolulu, Pearl City, or Hilo for city-specific time.Quick answers
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CDT and HDT examples
These examples always use CDT (UTC-5) and HDT (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 4 hours ahead of HDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CDT is 4 hours ahead of HDT. At other times of the year, CST is 3 hours ahead of HDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in HDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in HDT.
Compare CDT time with HDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Standard Time is 3 hours ahead of Hawaii Daylight Time
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 3:00 am03:00 in HDT
CST to HDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in CST which corresponds to 9am-2pm in HDT
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 Hawaii Daylight Time (HDT). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST / 3:00 am03:00 HDT
| CST | HDT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9pm |
| 1am | 10pm |
| 2am | 11pm |
| 3am | 12am (midnight) |
| 4am | 1am |
| 5am | 2am |
| 6am | 3am |
| 7am | 4am |
| 8am | 5am |
| 9am | 6am |
| 10am | 7am |
| 11am | 8am |
| 12pm (noon) | 9am |
| 1pm | 10am |
| 2pm | 11am |
| 3pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 4pm | 1pm |
| 5pm | 2pm |
| 6pm | 3pm |
| 7pm | 4pm |
| 8pm | 5pm |
| 9pm | 6pm |
| 10pm | 7pm |
| 11pm | 8pm |
| 00:00 | 21:00 |
| 01:00 | 22:00 |
| 02:00 | 23:00 |
| 03:00 | 00:00 |
| 04:00 | 01:00 |
| 05:00 | 02:00 |
| 06:00 | 03:00 |
| 07:00 | 04:00 |
| 08:00 | 05:00 |
| 09:00 | 06:00 |
| 10:00 | 07:00 |
| 11:00 | 08:00 |
| 12:00 | 09:00 |
| 13:00 | 10:00 |
| 14:00 | 11:00 |
| 15:00 | 12:00 |
| 16:00 | 13:00 |
| 17:00 | 14:00 |
| 18:00 | 15:00 |
| 19:00 | 16:00 |
| 20:00 | 17:00 |
| 21:00 | 18:00 |
| 22:00 | 19:00 |
| 23:00 | 20:00 |
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
Hawaii Daylight Time
Offset: HDT is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries using this time zone: United States
HDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -09 - basic short
- -0900 - basic
- -09:00 - extended
- -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 west of the zero meridian.
- Victor - Military abbreviation for HDT
- V - short form of 'Victor'
- America/Adak
- America/Atka
- US/Aleutian
- AKST - Alaska Standard Time
- AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
- HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
- GAMT - Gambier Time
- HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
- V - Victor Time Zone