CST to BST Converter
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 6 hours behind British Summer Time
5:30 pm17:30 in CDT is 11:30 pm23:30 in BST
CST to BST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-11am in CST which corresponds to 3pm-6pm in BST
5:30 pm17:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
11:30 pm23:30 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
5:30 pm17:30 CDT / 11:30 pm23:30 BST
| CDT | BST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 6am |
| 1am | 7am |
| 2am | 8am |
| 3am | 9am |
| 4am | 10am |
| 5am | 11am |
| 6am | 12pm (noon) |
| 7am | 1pm |
| 8am | 2pm |
| 9am | 3pm |
| 10am | 4pm |
| 11am | 5pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 6pm |
| 1pm | 7pm |
| 2pm | 8pm |
| 3pm | 9pm |
| 4pm | 10pm |
| 5pm | 11pm |
| 6pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 7pm | 1am |
| 8pm | 2am |
| 9pm | 3am |
| 10pm | 4am |
| 11pm | 5am |
| 0:00 | 6:00 |
| 1:00 | 7:00 |
| 2:00 | 8:00 |
| 3:00 | 9:00 |
| 4:00 | 10:00 |
| 5:00 | 11:00 |
| 6:00 | 12:00 |
| 7:00 | 13:00 |
| 8:00 | 14:00 |
| 9:00 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 0:00 |
| 19:00 | 1:00 |
| 20:00 | 2:00 |
| 21:00 | 3:00 |
| 22:00 | 4:00 |
| 23:00 | 5:00 |
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
End: Central Standard Time (CST) has ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- 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
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier
Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 2:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on last Sunday of March
End: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on last Sunday of October
BST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- Brasilia Standard Time - UTC -3
- 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