CST to PDT Converter

CDT/CST

Central Daylight Time

GMT -5

CST automatically adjusted to CDT time zone, that is in use

PDT

Pacific Daylight Time

GMT -7

Time Difference

Central Daylight Time is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time
So 12:30 pm12:30 in CDT is 10:30 am10:30 in PDT

12:30 pm12:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
10:30 am10:30 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

12:30 pm12:30 CDT / 10:30 am10:30 PDT

CDT	PDT
12am (midnight)	10pm
1am	11pm
2am	12am (midnight)
3am	1am
4am	2am
5am	3am
6am	4am
7am	5am
8am	6am
9am	7am
10am	8am
11am	9am
12pm (noon)	10am
1pm	11am
2pm	12pm (noon)
3pm	1pm
4pm	2pm
5pm	3pm
6pm	4pm
7pm	5pm
8pm	6pm
9pm	7pm
10pm	8pm
11pm	9pm
0:00	22:00
1:00	23:00
2:00	0:00
3:00	1:00
4:00	2:00
5:00	3:00
6:00	4:00
7:00	5:00
8:00	6:00
9:00	7:00
10:00	8:00
11:00	9:00
12:00	10:00
13:00	11:00
14:00	12:00
15:00	13:00
16:00	14:00
17:00	15:00
18:00	16:00
19:00	17:00
20:00	18:00
21:00	19:00
22:00	20:00
23:00	21:00

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

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places adjust time for one hour forward for daylight saving and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).

End: CST ended and clocks were set one hour forward on Sunday, 08 March 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

Start: CST starts and clocks are set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

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

CST Time Zone Geo Map — CST timezone map

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 six hour and zero minutes time differences 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/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/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
-06 -

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started and clocks were set one hour forward on Sunday, 08 March 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends and clocks are set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

PDT Time Zone Geo Map — PDT timezone map

PDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

-07 - basic short
-0700 - basic
-07:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

-0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates seven hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
T - short form of 'Tango'

IANA/Olson: Reflects PDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

America/Ensenada
America/Los_Angeles
America/Santa_Isabel
America/Tijuana
America/Vancouver
Canada/Pacific
Mexico/BajaNorte
PST8PDT
US/Pacific
US/Pacific-New

Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:

MST - Mountain Standard Time
PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
T - Tango Time Zone