CDT to HST Converter
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 5 hours ahead of Hawaii Standard Time
1:00 pm13:00 in CDT is 8:00 am08:00 in HST
CDT to HST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-6pm in CDT which corresponds to 8am-1pm in HST
1:00 pm13:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Hawaii Standard Time (HST). Offset UTC -10:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 CDT / 8:00 am08:00 HST
CDT | HST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 7pm |
1am | 8pm |
2am | 9pm |
3am | 10pm |
4am | 11pm |
5am | 12am (midnight) |
6am | 1am |
7am | 2am |
8am | 3am |
9am | 4am |
10am | 5am |
11am | 6am |
12pm (noon) | 7am |
1pm | 8am |
2pm | 9am |
3pm | 10am |
4pm | 11am |
5pm | 12pm (noon) |
6pm | 1pm |
7pm | 2pm |
8pm | 3pm |
9pm | 4pm |
10pm | 5pm |
11pm | 6pm |
0:00 | 19:00 |
1:00 | 20:00 |
2:00 | 21:00 |
3:00 | 22:00 |
4:00 | 23:00 |
5:00 | 0:00 |
6:00 | 1:00 |
7:00 | 2:00 |
8:00 | 3:00 |
9:00 | 4:00 |
10:00 | 5:00 |
11:00 | 6:00 |
12:00 | 7:00 |
13:00 | 8:00 |
14:00 | 9:00 |
15:00 | 10:00 |
16:00 | 11:00 |
17:00 | 12:00 |
18:00 | 13:00 |
19:00 | 14:00 |
20:00 | 15:00 |
21:00 | 16:00 |
22:00 | 17:00 |
23:00 | 18:00 |
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT timezone is Chicago from USA with population about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in the area are Havana, Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November
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 five hour and zero minutes time differences 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 Standard Time
Offset: HST is 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries: It is used in following countries: United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HST timezone is Honolulu from USA with population about 371,657 people. Other major cities in the area are Pearl City, Hilo, Kailua, Waipahu
Daylight Saving: Hawaii Standard Time (HST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore HST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Hawaii Standard Time remains the same

HST representations, usage and related time zones
- -10 - basic short
- -1000 - basic
- -10:00 - extended
- -1000 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates ten hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Whiskey - Military abbreviation for HST
- W - short form of 'Whiskey'
- America/Adak
- America/Atka
- HST
- Pacific/Honolulu
- Pacific/Johnston
- US/Aleutian
- US/Hawaii
- HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
- CKT - Cook Island Time
- HST - Hawaii Standard Time
- TAHT - Tahiti Time
- W - Whiskey Time Zone