CST to IDT Converter
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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Selected conversion
7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 11, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 IDT (UTC+3), Oct 11, 2026
CDT is 8 hours behind IDT.
CST and IDT examples
These examples always use CST (UTC-6) and IDT (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CST is 9 hours behind IDT.
CST uses UTC-6 during standard time. For Central Time that follows daylight saving time, use CT to IDT. For daylight-time examples, use CDT to IDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CDT is 8 hours behind IDT. At other times of the year, CST is 8 hours behind IST or CDT is 7 hours behind IST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in IDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in IST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in IST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in IDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in IST or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 16:00 to 00:00 (next day) in IST.
Compare CST time with IDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 8 hours behind Israel Daylight Time.
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 3:00 pm15:00 in IDT
CDT to IDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in CDT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in IDT
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Israel Daylight Time (IDT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 CDT / 3:00 pm15:00 IDT
| CDT | IDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 8:00am |
| 1:00am | 9:00am |
| 2:00am | 10:00am |
| 3:00am | 11:00am |
| 4:00am | 12:00pm |
| 5:00am | 1:00pm |
| 6:00am | 2:00pm |
| 7:00am | 3:00pm |
| 8:00am | 4:00pm |
| 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| 10:00am | 6:00pm |
| 11:00am | 7:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 12:00am |
| 5:00pm | 1:00am |
| 6:00pm | 2:00am |
| 7:00pm | 3:00am |
| 8:00pm | 4:00am |
| 9:00pm | 5:00am |
| 10:00pm | 6:00am |
| 11:00pm | 7:00am |
| 00:00 | 08:00 |
| 01:00 | 09:00 |
| 02:00 | 10:00 |
| 03:00 | 11:00 |
| 04:00 | 12:00 |
| 05:00 | 13:00 |
| 06:00 | 14:00 |
| 07:00 | 15:00 |
| 08:00 | 16:00 |
| 09:00 | 17:00 |
| 10:00 | 18:00 |
| 11:00 | 19:00 |
| 12:00 | 20:00 |
| 13:00 | 21:00 |
| 14:00 | 22:00 |
| 15:00 | 23:00 |
| 16:00 | 00:00 |
| 17:00 | 01:00 |
| 18:00 | 02:00 |
| 19:00 | 03:00 |
| 20:00 | 04:00 |
| 21:00 | 05:00 |
| 22:00 | 06:00 |
| 23:00 | 07:00 |
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
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).
End: 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.
Start: 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.
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 an offset of six hours 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
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
Israel Daylight Time
Offset: IDT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Israel
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IDT time zone is Jerusalem in Israel, with about 971,800 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tel Aviv, West Jerusalem, Haifa, Ashdod.
Daylight Saving: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Israel Standard Time (IST).
Start: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) started on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Friday, March 27, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Friday of March.
End: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
IDT representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +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 east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for IDT
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Asia/Tel_Aviv
- Israel
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time