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GMT
UTC+0
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AustraliaAEDT
UTC+11
17h ahead
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IrelandGMT
UTC+0
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GermanyCET
UTC+1
7h ahead
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6am
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6:00 am06:00 CST (UTC-6), Nov 2, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Nov 2, 2026 = 11:00 pm23:00 AEDT (UTC+11), Nov 2, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Nov 2, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 CET (UTC+1), Nov 2, 2026

CST is 6 hours behind GMT. CST is 17 hours behind Sydney. CST is 6 hours behind Dublin. CST is 7 hours behind Berlin.

How the time difference changes

CST to GMT

For most of the year, CDT is 5 hours behind GMT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST is 6 hours behind GMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CST correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in GMT.

CST to Sydney

Depending on seasonal clock changes, CDT is 15 hours behind Sydney, CDT is 16 hours behind Sydney, or CST is 17 hours behind Sydney.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 12:00 am (next day) to 9:00 am (next day) in Sydney, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 1:00 am (next day) to 10:00 am (next day) in Sydney, or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST correspond to 2:00 am (next day) to 11:00 am (next day) in Sydney.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 00:00 (next day) to 09:00 (next day) in Sydney, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 01:00 (next day) to 10:00 (next day) in Sydney, or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CST correspond to 02:00 (next day) to 11:00 (next day) in Sydney.

CST to Dublin

For most of the year, CDT is 6 hours behind Dublin. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST is 6 hours behind Dublin. From Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, CDT is 5 hours behind Dublin.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Dublin. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Dublin or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in Dublin.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in Dublin. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CST correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in Dublin or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in Dublin.

CST to Berlin

For most of the year, CDT is 7 hours behind Berlin. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST is 7 hours behind Berlin. From Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, CDT is 6 hours behind Berlin.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in Berlin. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST correspond to 4:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in Berlin or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Berlin.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 16:00 to 01:00 (next day) in Berlin. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CST correspond to 16:00 to 01:00 (next day) in Berlin or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in Berlin.

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

Time Difference

Central Standard Time is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. Central Standard Time is 17 hours behind AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time). Central Standard Time is 6 hours behind GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Central Standard Time is 7 hours behind CET (Central European Time).
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT and is 11:00 pm23:00 in Sydney, Australia and is 12:00 pm12:00 in Dublin, Ireland and is 1:00 pm13:00 in Berlin, Germany

CST to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in CST which corresponds to 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in GMT
CST to Sydney call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in CST which corresponds to 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in Sydney (next day)
CST to Dublin call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in CST which corresponds to 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in Dublin
CST to Berlin call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in CST which corresponds to 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in Berlin

6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) (Sydney, Australia). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (Dublin, Ireland). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 CET (Central European Time) (Berlin, Germany). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

6:00 am06:00 CST / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT / 11:00 pm23:00 Sydney, Australia / 12:00 pm12:00 Dublin, Ireland / 1:00 pm13:00 Berlin, Germany

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Central Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 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, Puebla, Santiago de Querétaro.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

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

Map of the areas on Central Standard Time (CST)
CST all year CST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CST.

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).

123456789101112Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

See USA daylight saving time and 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

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.

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 the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.

Map of the areas on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
GMT all year GMT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on GMT.

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Abidjan
  • Africa/Accra
  • Africa/Bamako
  • Africa/Banjul
  • Africa/Bissau
  • Africa/Conakry
  • Africa/Dakar
  • Africa/Freetown
  • Africa/Lome
  • Africa/Monrovia
  • Africa/Nouakchott
  • Africa/Ouagadougou
  • Africa/Sao_Tome
  • Africa/Timbuktu
  • America/Danmarkshavn
  • Atlantic/Reykjavik
  • Atlantic/St_Helena
  • Eire
  • Etc/GMT
  • Etc/GMT+0
  • Etc/GMT-0
  • Etc/GMT0
  • Etc/Greenwich
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Dublin
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
  • GMT
  • GMT+0
  • GMT-0
  • GMT0
  • Greenwich
  • Iceland
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Sydney Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AEDT – Australian Eastern Daylight Time, UTC+11 (now, daylight saving time)
AEST – Australian Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 amSunday, April 4, 2027 at 03:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 2:00 am02:00 (AEST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of April each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, October 3, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, October 3, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (AEDT). DST starts on the 1st Sunday of October each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Sydney Facts

Country
Australia
Alternative Names
SYD, Sanctus Dionysius, Sedniejos, Sek-na, Sidnef, Sidnei, Sidnej, Sidneja, Sidnejo, Sidnejus, Sidney, Sidneý, Sidni, Sidnéy, Sidnėjus, Sit-ni, Sit-nì, Syd, Sydneium, Sydney, Sydney City, Sék-nà̤, Sídney, Sîdney, Sėdniejos, citni, shidoni, sidani, sideuni, sidnei, sidni, sidniy, sydny, xi ni, xue li, Σίδνεϋ, Сиднеи, Сидней, Сиднеј, Сидни, Сідней, Сідні, Սիդնեյ, סידני, سيدنى, سيدني, سڈنی, سیدنی, ܣܝܕܢܝ, सिडनी, सिड्नी, सिद्नी, সিডনি, ਸਿਡਨੀ, સીડની, சிட்னி, సిడ్నీ, ಸಿಡ್ನಿ, സിഡ്നി, සිඩ්නි, ซิดนีย์, སིད་ནེ།, ဆစ်ဒနီမြို့, სიდნეი, ሲድኒ, ស៊ីដនីយ៏, シドニー, 悉尼, 雪梨, 시드니
Population
5,638,830
Currency
Dollar (AUD)
Geographic Coordinates
33° 52' S Latitude / 151° 12' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+61
More About Sydney

Dublin Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
GMT – Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+0 (now)
IST – Irish Standard Time, UTC+1 (daylight saving time)
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 1:00 amSunday, March 28, 2027 at 01:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 2:00 am02:00 (IST). DST starts on the last Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, October 31, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, October 31, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (GMT). DST ends on the last Sunday of October each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.

Dublin Facts

Country
Ireland
Alternative Names
Baile Atha Cliath, Baile Átha Cliath, Ciuda de Dublin, Ciudá de Dublín, DUB, Dablin, Diblin, Difelin, Divlyn, Doublino, Dublin, Dublin city, Dublina, Dublinas, Dublini, Dublino, Dublinu, Dublín, Dublîn, Dueblin, Dulenn, Dulyn, Dyflinn, Düblin, Eblana, dabalina, dablin, dablina, daburin, dbln, dblyn, deobeullin, dou bai lin, dublini, dwblyn, taplin, Δουβλίνο, Даблин, Дублин, Дублін, Дъблин, Դուբլին, דבלין, דובלין, دبلن, دوبلين, دوبلین, دۇبلىن, ڈبلن, ډبلن, ܕܒܠܢ, डब्लिन, दब्लिन, ডাবলিন, ਡਬਲਿਨ, டப்லின், ಡಬ್ಲಿನ್, ഡബ്ലിൻ, ดับลิน, དུབ་ལིན།, ဒပ်ဗလင်မြို့, დუბლინი, ደብሊን, ダブリン, 都柏林, 더블린
Population
1,024,027
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
53° 19' N Latitude / 6° 14' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+353
Current Time in Ireland

Berlin Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CET – Central European Time, UTC+1 (now)
CEST – Central European Summer Time, UTC+2 (daylight saving time)
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 28, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (CEST). DST starts on the last Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, October 31, 2027 at 3:00 amSunday, October 31, 2027 at 03:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 2:00 am02:00 (CET). DST ends on the last Sunday of October each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.

Berlin Facts

Country
Germany
Alternative Names
BER, Beirlin, Beirlín, Berleno, Berlien, Berliin, Berliini, Berlijn, Berlim, Berlin, Berline, Berlini, Berlino, Berlyn, Berlynas, Berlëno, Berlín, Berlîn, Berlīne, Berolino, Berolinum, Birlinu, Bèrlîn, Estat de Berlin, Estat de Berlín, bai lin, barlina, beleullin, berlini, berurin, bexrlin, brlyn, perlin, Βερολίνο, Берлин, Берлін, Бэрлін, Բերլին, בערלין, ברלין, برلين, برلین, بېرلىن, ܒܪܠܝܢ, बर्लिन, বার্লিন, பெர்லின், เบอร์ลิน, ბერლინი, ベルリン, 柏林, 베를린
Population
3,426,354
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
52° 31' N Latitude / 13° 24' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+49
Current Time in Germany