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9:00 am09:00 CLST (UTC-3), Nov 12, 2026 = 6:00 am06:00 CST (UTC-6), Nov 12, 2026

CLST is 3 hours ahead of Chicago.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, CLT is 1 hour ahead of Chicago, CLST is 2 hours ahead of Chicago, or CLST is 3 hours ahead of Chicago.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CLT correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in Chicago, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CLST correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in Chicago, or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CLST correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in Chicago.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CLT correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in Chicago, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CLST correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in Chicago, or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CLST correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in Chicago.

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

Time Difference

Chile Summer Time is 3 hours ahead of CST (Central Standard Time).
9:00 am09:00 in CLST is 6:00 am06:00 in Chicago, IL, USA

CLST to Chicago call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-6pm12:00-18:00 in CLST which corresponds to 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in Chicago.

9:00 am09:00 Chile Summer Time (CLST). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST (Central Standard Time) (Chicago, IL, USA). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 CLST / 6:00 am06:00 Chicago, IL, USA

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Chile Summer Time

Offset: CLST is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Chile

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CLST time zone is Santiago in Chile, with about 4.837 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Antofagasta, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Puerto Montt.

Map of the areas on Chile Summer Time (CLST)
CLST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CLST.

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

123456789101112Start: Chile Summer Time (CLST) started on Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 6, 2026, 1:00 am01:00.

123456789101112End: Chile Summer Time (CLST) ends on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, April 3, 2027, 11:00 pm23:00 local standard time instead.

See Chile daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CLST 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for CLST
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasilia Time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • FKT - Falkland Islands Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time

Chicago Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CST – Central Standard Time, UTC-6 (now)
CDT – Central Daylight Time, UTC-5 (daylight saving time)
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (CDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 7, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, November 7, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (CST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.

Chicago Facts

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41° 51' N Latitude / 87° 39' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
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