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CST to AZOT Converter

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CST
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
AZOT
Azores Time
GMT -1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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CST and AZOT examples

These examples always use CST (UTC-6) and AZOT (UTC-1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CST is 5 hours behind AZOT.

CST uses UTC-6 during standard time. For Central Time that follows daylight saving time, use CT to AZOT. For daylight-time examples, use CDT to AZOT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT is 5 hours behind AZOST. At other times of the year, CST is 5 hours behind AZOT or CDT is 4 hours behind AZOT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in AZOT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in AZOT.

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

Time Difference

Central Standard Time is 5 hours behind Azores Time
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 11:00 am11:00 in AZOT

CST to AZOT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm in CST which corresponds to 2pm-5pm in AZOT

6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
11:00 am11:00 Azores Time (AZOT). Offset UTC -1:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 CST / 11:00 am11:00 AZOT

CSTAZOT
12am (midnight)5am
1am6am
2am7am
3am8am
4am9am
5am10am
6am11am
7am12pm (noon)
8am1pm
9am2pm
10am3pm
11am4pm
12pm (noon)5pm
1pm6pm
2pm7pm
3pm8pm
4pm9pm
5pm10pm
6pm11pm
7pm12am (midnight)
8pm1am
9pm2am
10pm3am
11pm4am
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 Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Bahia_Banderas
  • America/Belize
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Chihuahua
  • America/Costa_Rica
  • America/El_Salvador
  • America/Guatemala
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Managua
  • 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/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Regina
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Swift_Current
  • America/Tegucigalpa
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • Canada/Saskatchewan
  • Mexico/General
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone

Azores Time

Offset: AZOT is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Atlantic

Countries using this time zone: Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AZOT time zone is Ponta Delgada in Portugal, with about 20,056 people.

AZOT Time Zone Geo Map
AZOT timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Azores Summer Time (AZOST).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 1am to 12amStart: Azores Time (AZOT) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 12:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 12am to 1amEnd: Azores Time (AZOT) ends on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 12:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AZOT 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • November - Military abbreviation for AZOT
  • N - short form of 'November'
Time zones with the GMT -1 offset:
  • EGT - East Greenland Time
  • WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
  • AZOT - Azores Time
  • CVT - Cape Verde Time
  • N - November Time Zone
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