CST to NZDT Converter
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 17 hours behind New Zealand Standard Time
9:00 am09:00 in CDT is 2:00 am02:00 in NZST
CST to NZDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3:30am-5:30am in CST which corresponds to 10:30pm-12:30pm in NZDT
9:00 am09:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
2:00 am02:00 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 CDT / 2:00 am02:00 NZST
CDT | NZST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 5pm |
1am | 6pm |
2am | 7pm |
3am | 8pm |
4am | 9pm |
5am | 10pm |
6am | 11pm |
7am | 12am (midnight) |
8am | 1am |
9am | 2am |
10am | 3am |
11am | 4am |
12pm (noon) | 5am |
1pm | 6am |
2pm | 7am |
3pm | 8am |
4pm | 9am |
5pm | 10am |
6pm | 11am |
7pm | 12pm (noon) |
8pm | 1pm |
9pm | 2pm |
10pm | 3pm |
11pm | 4pm |
0:00 | 17:00 |
1:00 | 18:00 |
2:00 | 19:00 |
3:00 | 20:00 |
4:00 | 21:00 |
5:00 | 22:00 |
6:00 | 23:00 |
7:00 | 0:00 |
8:00 | 1:00 |
9:00 | 2:00 |
10:00 | 3:00 |
11:00 | 4:00 |
12:00 | 5:00 |
13:00 | 6:00 |
14:00 | 7:00 |
15:00 | 8:00 |
16:00 | 9:00 |
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 |
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
New Zealand Daylight Time
Offset: NZDT is 13 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries: It is used in following countries: Antarctica, New Zealand
Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZDT timezone is Auckland from New Zealand with population about 1.535 million people. Other major cities in the area are Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga

Daylight Saving: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe New Zealand Standard Time (NZST).
End: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) has ended on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of April
Start: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) starts on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 28, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on last Sunday of September
NZDT representations, usage and related time zones
- +13 - basic short
- +1300 - basic
- +13:00 - extended
- +1300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (13) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates thirteen hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Antarctica/McMurdo
- Antarctica/South_Pole
- NZ
- Pacific/Auckland
- FJST - Fiji Summer Time
- NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time
- PHOT - Phoenix Island Time
- TKT - Tokelau Time
- TOT - Tonga Time
- WST - West Samoa Time
- WSST - West Samoa Standard Time