CDT to PDT Converter

Time Difference

Central Standard Time is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time
So 4:30 am04:30 in CST is 2:30 am02:30 in PST

4:30 am04:30 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
2:30 am02:30 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

4:30 am04:30 CST / 2:30 am02:30 PST

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 Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Havana, Houston, Iztapalapa

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).

End: CDT ended and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

Start: CDT starts and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre

Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

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/Bahia_Banderas
• America/Chicago
• America/Indiana/Knox
• America/Indiana/Tell_City
• America/Knox_IN
• America/Matamoros
• America/Menominee
• America/Merida
• America/Mexico_City
• America/Monterrey
• America/North_Dakota/Beulah
• America/North_Dakota/Center
• America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
• America/Rainy_River
• America/Rankin_Inlet
• America/Resolute
• America/Winnipeg
• CST6CDT
• Canada/Central
• Mexico/General
• 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
• -05 -

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).

End: PDT ended and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

Start: PDT starts and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

PDT representations, usage and related time zones

• -07 - basic short
• -0700 - basic
• -07:00 - extended

• -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates seven hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

• Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
• T - short form of 'Tango'

• America/Ensenada
• America/Los_Angeles
• America/Santa_Isabel
• America/Tijuana
• America/Vancouver
• Canada/Pacific
• Mexico/BajaNorte
• PST8PDT
• US/Pacific
• US/Pacific-New

Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:

• MST - Mountain Standard Time
• PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
• T - Tango Time Zone