CDT to MSK Converter

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CDT
Central Daylight Time
UTC−5
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Moscow Standard Time
UTC+3
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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 12, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 MSK (UTC+3), Oct 12, 2026

CDT is 8 hours behind MSK.

CDT and MSK examples

These examples always use CDT (UTC-5) and MSK (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CDT is 8 hours behind MSK.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT is 8 hours behind MSK. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST is 9 hours behind MSK.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in MSK. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in MSK.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in MSK. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in MSK.

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

Time Difference

Central Daylight Time is 8 hours behind Moscow Standard Time.
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 3:00 pm15:00 in MSK

CDT to MSK call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in CDT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in MSK. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 CDT / 3:00 pm15:00 MSK

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Central Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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, Dallas, Fort Worth.

French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre

Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

Map of the areas on Central Daylight Time (CDT)
CDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CDT.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central Standard Time (CST).

123456789101112Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

Moscow Standard Time

Offset: MSK is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Russia, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MSK time zone is Moscow in Russia, with about 10.381 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Moscow Standard Time (MSK) do not change for daylight saving time, so MSK stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Map of the areas on Moscow Standard Time (MSK)
MSK all year

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

MSK representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for MSK
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MSK time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Kirov
  • Europe/Moscow
  • Europe/Simferopol
  • Europe/Volgograd
  • W-SU
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time
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