CDT to SAST Converter
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 7 hours behind South Africa Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in CDT is 12:30 am00:30 in SAST
CDT to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-11am in CDT which corresponds to 3pm-6pm in SAST
5:30 pm17:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
12:30 am00:30 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 CDT / 12:30 am00:30 SAST
CDT | SAST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 7am |
1am | 8am |
2am | 9am |
3am | 10am |
4am | 11am |
5am | 12pm (noon) |
6am | 1pm |
7am | 2pm |
8am | 3pm |
9am | 4pm |
10am | 5pm |
11am | 6pm |
12pm (noon) | 7pm |
1pm | 8pm |
2pm | 9pm |
3pm | 10pm |
4pm | 11pm |
5pm | 12am (midnight) |
6pm | 1am |
7pm | 2am |
8pm | 3am |
9pm | 4am |
10pm | 5am |
11pm | 6am |
0:00 | 7:00 |
1:00 | 8:00 |
2:00 | 9:00 |
3:00 | 10:00 |
4:00 | 11:00 |
5:00 | 12:00 |
6:00 | 13:00 |
7:00 | 14:00 |
8:00 | 15:00 |
9:00 | 16:00 |
10:00 | 17:00 |
11:00 | 18:00 |
12:00 | 19:00 |
13:00 | 20:00 |
14:00 | 21:00 |
15:00 | 22:00 |
16:00 | 23:00 |
17:00 | 0:00 |
18:00 | 1:00 |
19:00 | 2:00 |
20:00 | 3:00 |
21:00 | 4:00 |
22:00 | 5:00 |
23:00 | 6:00 |
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
South Africa Standard Time
Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries: It is used in following countries: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST timezone is Cape Town from South Africa with population about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in the area are Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria
Daylight Saving: South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore SAST 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, South Africa Standard Time remains the same

SAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Africa/Maseru
- Africa/Mbabane
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time