CST to Manila Time 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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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 5, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 PHT (UTC+8), Oct 5, 2026
CDT is 13 hours behind Manila.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CDT is 13 hours behind Manila. At other times of the year, CST is 14 hours behind Manila.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 10:00 pm to 6:00 am (next day) in Manila. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 11:00 pm to 7:00 am (next day) in Manila.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 22:00 to 06:00 (next day) in Manila. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST correspond to 23:00 to 07:00 (next day) in Manila.
Compare CST time with Manila time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 13 hours behind PHT (Philippine Time).
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 8:00 pm20:00 in Manila, Philippines
CDT to Manila call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in CDT which corresponds to 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in Manila (next day)
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 PHT (Philippine Time) (Manila, Philippines). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 CDT / 8:00 pm20:00 Manila, Philippines
| CDT | Manila, Philippines |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 1:00pm |
| 1:00am | 2:00pm |
| 2:00am | 3:00pm |
| 3:00am | 4:00pm |
| 4:00am | 5:00pm |
| 5:00am | 6:00pm |
| 6:00am | 7:00pm |
| 7:00am | 8:00pm |
| 8:00am | 9:00pm |
| 9:00am | 10:00pm |
| 10:00am | 11:00pm |
| 11:00am | 12:00am |
| 12:00pm | 1:00am |
| 1:00pm | 2:00am |
| 2:00pm | 3:00am |
| 3:00pm | 4:00am |
| 4:00pm | 5:00am |
| 5:00pm | 6:00am |
| 6:00pm | 7:00am |
| 7:00pm | 8:00am |
| 8:00pm | 9:00am |
| 9:00pm | 10:00am |
| 10:00pm | 11:00am |
| 11:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 00:00 | 13:00 |
| 01:00 | 14:00 |
| 02:00 | 15:00 |
| 03:00 | 16:00 |
| 04:00 | 17:00 |
| 05:00 | 18:00 |
| 06:00 | 19:00 |
| 07:00 | 20:00 |
| 08:00 | 21:00 |
| 09:00 | 22:00 |
| 10:00 | 23:00 |
| 11:00 | 00:00 |
| 12:00 | 01:00 |
| 13:00 | 02:00 |
| 14:00 | 03:00 |
| 15:00 | 04:00 |
| 16:00 | 05:00 |
| 17:00 | 06:00 |
| 18:00 | 07:00 |
| 19:00 | 08:00 |
| 20:00 | 09:00 |
| 21:00 | 10:00 |
| 22:00 | 11:00 |
| 23:00 | 12:00 |
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