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Central Time is on daylight saving time: CDT (UTC−5) until Sun, Nov 1.

Mexico City and Saskatchewan stay on CST (UTC−6).

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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 17, 2026 = 2:00 am02:00 HST (UTC-10), Oct 17, 2026

CDT is 5 hours ahead of Honolulu.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CDT is 5 hours ahead of Honolulu. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST is 4 hours ahead of Honolulu.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 4:00 am to 1:00 pm in Honolulu. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST correspond to 5:00 am to 2:00 pm in Honolulu.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 04:00 to 13:00 in Honolulu. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CST correspond to 05:00 to 14:00 in Honolulu.

Compare CST time with Honolulu 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 ahead of HST (Hawaii Standard Time).
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 2:00 am02:00 in Honolulu, HI, USA

CDT to Honolulu call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in CDT which corresponds to 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in Honolulu

7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
2:00 am02:00 HST (Hawaii Standard Time) (Honolulu, HI, USA). Offset UTC -10:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 CDT / 2:00 am02:00 Honolulu, HI, USA

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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 the lighter areas are on UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time).

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).

123456789101112End: Central Standard Time (CST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Central Standard Time (CST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

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

Honolulu Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
HST – Hawaii Standard Time, UTC-10 (no daylight saving time)

Honolulu Facts

Country
USA
State
Hawaii
Alternative Names
Anorourou, Chonoloulou, Gana-Rura, Gana-ruru, Ganalulu, Ganaruro, Ganaruru, Gonolulu, HNL, Hana-Rura, Hana-Ruru, Hana-ruru, Honoloulou, Honolulu, Honolulú, Honolúlú, Honoruru, Khonolulu, Than-hiong-san, Thàn-hiông-sân, hanalulu, hanululu, honalulu, honollullu, honolulu, honoruru, hwnwlwlw, tan xiang shan, Χονολουλού, Ганалулу, Гонолулу, Хонолулу, Һонолулу, Հոնոլուլու, האנאלולו, הונולולו, هونولولو, ہwnwlwlw ہwayy, ہونولولو, ہونولولو، ہوائی, हानलूलू, होनालुलु, होनोलुलु, होनोलूलू, হনলুলু, হনুলুলু, ହନଲୁଲୁ, ஹொனலுலு, ಹೊನೊಲುಲು, โฮโนลูลู, ཧོ་ནོ་ལུ་ལུ།, ဟိုနိုလူလူမြို့, ჰონოლულუ, ሆኖሉሉ, ホノルル, 檀香山, 호놀룰루
Population
350,964
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
21° 18' N Latitude / 157° 51' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1