CST to TFT Converter
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The selected date and time will appear here when the converter loads.
CST and TFT examples
These examples always use CST (UTC-6) and TFT (UTC+5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CST is 11 hours behind TFT.
CST uses UTC-6 during standard time. For Central Time that follows daylight saving time, use CT to TFT. For daylight-time examples, use CDT to TFT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CDT is 10 hours behind TFT. At other times of the year, CST is 11 hours behind TFT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 7:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in TFT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 8:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in TFT.
Compare CST time with TFT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Standard Time is 11 hours behind French Southern and Antarctic Time
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 5:00 pm17:00 in TFT
CST to TFT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am in CST which corresponds to 6pm-7pm in TFT
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 French Southern and Antarctic Time (TFT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST / 5:00 pm17:00 TFT
| CST | TFT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11am |
| 1am | 12pm (noon) |
| 2am | 1pm |
| 3am | 2pm |
| 4am | 3pm |
| 5am | 4pm |
| 6am | 5pm |
| 7am | 6pm |
| 8am | 7pm |
| 9am | 8pm |
| 10am | 9pm |
| 11am | 10pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 11pm |
| 1pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 2pm | 1am |
| 3pm | 2am |
| 4pm | 3am |
| 5pm | 4am |
| 6pm | 5am |
| 7pm | 6am |
| 8pm | 7am |
| 9pm | 8am |
| 10pm | 9am |
| 11pm | 10am |
| 00:00 | 11:00 |
| 01:00 | 12:00 |
| 02:00 | 13:00 |
| 03:00 | 14:00 |
| 04:00 | 15:00 |
| 05:00 | 16:00 |
| 06:00 | 17:00 |
| 07:00 | 18:00 |
| 08:00 | 19:00 |
| 09:00 | 20:00 |
| 10:00 | 21:00 |
| 11:00 | 22:00 |
| 12:00 | 23:00 |
| 13:00 | 00:00 |
| 14:00 | 01:00 |
| 15:00 | 02:00 |
| 16:00 | 03:00 |
| 17:00 | 04:00 |
| 18:00 | 05:00 |
| 19:00 | 06:00 |
| 20:00 | 07:00 |
| 21:00 | 08:00 |
| 22:00 | 09:00 |
| 23:00 | 10:00 |
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
French Southern and Antarctic Time
Offset: TFT is 5 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Indian Ocean
Countries using this time zone: French S. Terr.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the TFT time zone is Port aux Francais in French Southern Territories, with about 45 people.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in French Southern and Antarctic Time (TFT) do not change for daylight saving time, so TFT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
TFT representations, usage and related time zones
- +05 - basic short
- +0500 - basic
- +05:00 - extended
- +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for TFT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- AMST - Armenia Summer Time
- AQTT - Aqtobe Time
- AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
- E - Echo Time Zone
- MAWT - Mawson Time
- MVT - Maldives Time
- ORAT - Oral Time
- PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
- TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
- TJT - Tajikistan Time
- TMT - Turkmenistan Time
- UZT - Uzbekistan Time
- YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
- HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time