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CDT to WST Converter

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CDT
Central Daylight Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WT/WST
Western Sahara Standard Time
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WST is not used on this date.

This converter uses WT (UTC+0), as in El Aaiun.

Keep WST (UTC+1)

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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 7, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 WT (UTC+0), Oct 7, 2026

CDT is 5 hours behind WT.

CDT and WST examples

These examples always use CDT (UTC-5) and WST (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CDT is 6 hours behind WST.

How the time difference changes

During 2026, the difference changes: CDT is 6 hours behind WST, CST is 6 hours behind WT, CDT is 5 hours behind WT, and CST is 7 hours behind WST.

During 2026, working-hour overlap changes: working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in WST, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in WT, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in WT, and working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in WST.During 2026, working-hour overlap changes: working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in WST, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in WT, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in WT, and working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST correspond to 16:00 to 00:00 (next day) in WST.

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

Time Difference

Central Daylight Time is 5 hours behind Western Sahara Standard Time.
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in WT

CDT to WT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in CDT which corresponds to 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in WT

7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Western Sahara Standard Time (WT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 CDT / 12:00 pm12:00 WT

CDTWT
12:00am5:00am
1:00am6:00am
2:00am7:00am
3:00am8:00am
4:00am9:00am
5:00am10:00am
6:00am11:00am
7:00am12:00pm
8:00am1:00pm
9:00am2:00pm
10:00am3:00pm
11:00am4:00pm
12:00pm5:00pm
1:00pm6:00pm
2:00pm7:00pm
3:00pm8:00pm
4:00pm9:00pm
5:00pm10:00pm
6:00pm11:00pm
7:00pm12:00am
8:00pm1:00am
9:00pm2:00am
10:00pm3:00am
11:00pm4:00am
00:0005:00
01:0006:00
02:0007:00
03:0008:00
04:0009:00
05:0010:00
06:0011:00
07:0012:00
08:0013:00
09:0014:00
10:0015:00
11:0016:00
12:0017:00
13:0018:00
14:0019:00
15:0020:00
16:0021:00
17:0022:00
18:0023:00
19:0000:00
20:0001:00
21:0002:00
22:0003:00
23:0004:00

Central Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

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, Ciudad Juarez, Dallas.

French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre

Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

CDT Time Zone Geo Map
CDT timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: 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

Western Sahara Summer Time

Offset: WST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

WST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for WST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
WST Abbreviation: Several time zones share WST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Western Sahara Summer Time - UTC +1
  • West Samoa Time - UTC +13
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT