CDT to TLT Converter

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CDT
Central Daylight Time
UTC−5
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TLT
East Timor Time
UTC+9
14h ahead
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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 20, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 TLT (UTC+9), Oct 20, 2026

CDT is 14 hours behind TLT.

CDT and TLT examples

These examples always use CDT (UTC-5) and TLT (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 14 hours behind TLT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT is 14 hours behind TLT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST is 15 hours behind TLT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 11:00 pm to 8:00 am (next day) in TLT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST correspond to 12:00 am (next day) to 9:00 am (next day) in TLT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 23:00 to 08:00 (next day) in TLT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CST correspond to 00:00 (next day) to 09:00 (next day) in TLT.

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

Time Difference

Central Daylight Time is 14 hours behind East Timor Time.
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 9:00 pm21:00 in TLT

CDT to TLT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in CDT which corresponds to 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in TLT (next day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 East Timor Time (TLT). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 CDT / 9:00 pm21:00 TLT

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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 USA daylight saving time and 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

East Timor Time

Offset: TLT is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Timor-Leste

Principal Cities: The largest city in the TLT time zone is Dili in Timor-Leste, with about 150,000 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Maliana, Suai, Likisá, Aileu.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in East Timor Time (TLT) do not change for daylight saving time, so TLT 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 East Timor Time (TLT)
TLT all year

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

TLT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for TLT
  • I - short form of 'India'
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT