CST to New York City to Los Angeles to BRT to London to Paris to Tokyo to Sydney Time Converter
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CST to New York City
For most of the year, CDT is 1 hour behind New York City. During seasonal clock changes, CST is 1 hour behind New York City. Briefly around those changes, CDT and New York City have the same time or CST is 2 hours behind New York City.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in New York City. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in New York City.
CST to Los Angeles
For most of the year, CDT is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles. During seasonal clock changes, CST is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Briefly around those changes, CDT is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles or CST is 1 hour ahead of Los Angeles.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in Los Angeles. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in Los Angeles.
CST to BRT
For most of the year, CDT is 2 hours behind BRT. During seasonal clock changes, CST is 3 hours behind BRT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in BRT. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in BRT.
CST to London
For most of the year, CDT is 6 hours behind London. During seasonal clock changes, CST is 6 hours behind London or CDT is 5 hours behind London.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in London. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in London or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in London.
CST to Paris
For most of the year, CDT is 7 hours behind Paris. During seasonal clock changes, CST is 7 hours behind Paris or CDT is 6 hours behind Paris.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Paris. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Paris or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in Paris.
CST to Tokyo
For most of the year, CDT is 14 hours behind Tokyo. During seasonal clock changes, CST is 15 hours behind Tokyo.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 11:00 pm to 7:00 am (next day) in Tokyo. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 12:00 am (next day) to 8:00 am (next day) in Tokyo.
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 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 12:00 am (next day) to 8:00 am (next day) in Sydney, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 1:00 am (next day) to 9:00 am (next day) in Sydney, or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 2:00 am (next day) to 10:00 am (next day) in Sydney.
Compare CST time with New York City, Los Angeles, BRT, London, Paris, Tokyo, and Sydney time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Standard Time is 1 hour behind EST (Eastern Standard Time) and 2 hours ahead of PST (Pacific Standard Time) and 3 hours behind Brasília time and 6 hours behind GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and 7 hours behind CET (Central European Time) and 15 hours behind JST (Japan Standard Time) and 17 hours behind AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
10:00 pm22:00 in CST is 11:00 pm23:00 in New York City, NY, USA and is 8:00 pm20:00 in Los Angeles, CA, USA and is 1:00 am01:00 in BRT and is 4:00 am04:00 in London, United Kingdom and is 5:00 am05:00 in Paris, France and is 1:00 pm13:00 in Tokyo, Japan and is 3:00 pm15:00 in Sydney, Australia
CST to New York City call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm in CST which corresponds to 10am-5pm in New York City
CST to Los Angeles call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm in CST which corresponds to 9am-3pm in Los Angeles
CST to BRT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm in CST which corresponds to 12pm-5pm in BRT
CST to London call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am in CST which corresponds to 3pm-5pm in London
CST to Paris call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am in CST which corresponds to 4pm-5pm in Paris
CST to Tokyo call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm in CST which corresponds to 8am-9am in Tokyo (next day)
CST to Sydney call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-5pm in CST which corresponds to 9am-10am in Sydney (next day)
10:00 pm22:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 EST (Eastern Standard Time) (New York City, NY, USA). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 Brasília time (BRT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (London, United Kingdom). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 CET (Central European Time) (Paris, France). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:00 pm13:00 JST (Japan Standard Time) (Tokyo, Japan). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) (Sydney, Australia). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
10:00 pm22:00 CST / 11:00 pm23:00 New York City, NY, USA / 8:00 pm20:00 Los Angeles, CA, USA / 1:00 am01:00 BRT / 4:00 am04:00 London, United Kingdom / 5:00 am05:00 Paris, France / 1:00 pm13:00 Tokyo, Japan / 3:00 pm15:00 Sydney, Australia
| CST | New York City, NY, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA | BRT | London, United Kingdom | Paris, France | Tokyo, Japan | Sydney, Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 1am | 10pm | 3am | 6am | 7am | 3pm | 5pm |
| 1am | 2am | 11pm | 4am | 7am | 8am | 4pm | 6pm |
| 2am | 3am | 12am (midnight) | 5am | 8am | 9am | 5pm | 7pm |
| 3am | 4am | 1am | 6am | 9am | 10am | 6pm | 8pm |
| 4am | 5am | 2am | 7am | 10am | 11am | 7pm | 9pm |
| 5am | 6am | 3am | 8am | 11am | 12pm (noon) | 8pm | 10pm |
| 6am | 7am | 4am | 9am | 12pm (noon) | 1pm | 9pm | 11pm |
| 7am | 8am | 5am | 10am | 1pm | 2pm | 10pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 8am | 9am | 6am | 11am | 2pm | 3pm | 11pm | 1am |
| 9am | 10am | 7am | 12pm (noon) | 3pm | 4pm | 12am (midnight) | 2am |
| 10am | 11am | 8am | 1pm | 4pm | 5pm | 1am | 3am |
| 11am | 12pm (noon) | 9am | 2pm | 5pm | 6pm | 2am | 4am |
| 12pm (noon) | 1pm | 10am | 3pm | 6pm | 7pm | 3am | 5am |
| 1pm | 2pm | 11am | 4pm | 7pm | 8pm | 4am | 6am |
| 2pm | 3pm | 12pm (noon) | 5pm | 8pm | 9pm | 5am | 7am |
| 3pm | 4pm | 1pm | 6pm | 9pm | 10pm | 6am | 8am |
| 4pm | 5pm | 2pm | 7pm | 10pm | 11pm | 7am | 9am |
| 5pm | 6pm | 3pm | 8pm | 11pm | 12am (midnight) | 8am | 10am |
| 6pm | 7pm | 4pm | 9pm | 12am (midnight) | 1am | 9am | 11am |
| 7pm | 8pm | 5pm | 10pm | 1am | 2am | 10am | 12pm (noon) |
| 8pm | 9pm | 6pm | 11pm | 2am | 3am | 11am | 1pm |
| 9pm | 10pm | 7pm | 12am (midnight) | 3am | 4am | 12pm (noon) | 2pm |
| 10pm | 11pm | 8pm | 1am | 4am | 5am | 1pm | 3pm |
| 11pm | 12am (midnight) | 9pm | 2am | 5am | 6am | 2pm | 4pm |
| 00:00 | 01:00 | 22:00 | 03:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 15:00 | 17:00 |
| 01:00 | 02:00 | 23:00 | 04:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 |
| 02:00 | 03:00 | 00:00 | 05:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 17:00 | 19:00 |
| 03:00 | 04:00 | 01:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 |
| 04:00 | 05:00 | 02:00 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 19:00 | 21:00 |
| 05:00 | 06:00 | 03:00 | 08:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 20:00 | 22:00 |
| 06:00 | 07:00 | 04:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 21:00 | 23:00 |
| 07:00 | 08:00 | 05:00 | 10:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 22:00 | 00:00 |
| 08:00 | 09:00 | 06:00 | 11:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 23:00 | 01:00 |
| 09:00 | 10:00 | 07:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 00:00 | 02:00 |
| 10:00 | 11:00 | 08:00 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 01:00 | 03:00 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | 09:00 | 14:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 02:00 | 04:00 |
| 12:00 | 13:00 | 10:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 03:00 | 05:00 |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 16:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 |
| 14:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | 17:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 05:00 | 07:00 |
| 15:00 | 16:00 | 13:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 |
| 16:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 07:00 | 09:00 |
| 17:00 | 18:00 | 15:00 | 20:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 |
| 18:00 | 19:00 | 16:00 | 21:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 09:00 | 11:00 |
| 19:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 | 22:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 |
| 20:00 | 21:00 | 18:00 | 23:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 11:00 | 13:00 |
| 21:00 | 22:00 | 19:00 | 00:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 |
| 22:00 | 23:00 | 20:00 | 01:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
| 23:00 | 00:00 | 21:00 | 02:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 |
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).
Start: 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.
End: 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.
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
New York City Information
Time Zone
EST - Eastern Standard Time
-5:00 hours during Eastern Standard Time.
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.New York City Facts
Los Angeles Information
Time Zone
PST - Pacific Standard Time
-8:00 hours during Pacific Standard Time.
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Los Angeles Facts
Brasília time
Offset: BRT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America
Countries using this time zone: Brazil
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BRT time zone is Fortaleza in Brazil, with about 2.4 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Sao Luis, Natal, Teresina, Joao Pessoa.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Brasília time (BRT) do not change for daylight saving time, so BRT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
BRT 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 west of the zero meridian.
- Papa - Military abbreviation for BRT
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - Brasília time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time
London Information
Time Zone
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
+0:00 hours during Greenwich Mean Time.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.London Facts
Paris Information
Time Zone
CET - Central European Standard Time
+1:00 hours during Central European Standard Time.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Paris Facts
Tokyo Information
Time Zone
Tokyo Facts
Sydney Information
Time Zone
AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
+11:00 hours during Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 1st Sunday of October. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of April. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.