CST to UTC to PKT to CET
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 5 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 10 hours behind Pakistan Standard Time and 6 hours behind Central European Time
2:30 pm14:30 in CDT is 7:30 pm19:30 in UTC and is 12:30 am00:30 in PKT and is 8:30 pm20:30 in CET
CST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12pm in CST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm in UTC
CST to PKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-9:30am in CST which corresponds to 6:30pm-8:30pm in PKT
CST to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-11am in CST which corresponds to 3pm-6pm in CET
2:30 pm14:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
7:30 pm19:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
12:30 am00:30 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
8:30 pm20:30 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
2:30 pm14:30 CDT / 7:30 pm19:30 UTC / 12:30 am00:30 PKT / 8:30 pm20:30 CET
| CDT | UTC | PKT | CET |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 5am | 10am | 6am |
| 1am | 6am | 11am | 7am |
| 2am | 7am | 12pm (noon) | 8am |
| 3am | 8am | 1pm | 9am |
| 4am | 9am | 2pm | 10am |
| 5am | 10am | 3pm | 11am |
| 6am | 11am | 4pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 7am | 12pm (noon) | 5pm | 1pm |
| 8am | 1pm | 6pm | 2pm |
| 9am | 2pm | 7pm | 3pm |
| 10am | 3pm | 8pm | 4pm |
| 11am | 4pm | 9pm | 5pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 5pm | 10pm | 6pm |
| 1pm | 6pm | 11pm | 7pm |
| 2pm | 7pm | 12am (midnight) | 8pm |
| 3pm | 8pm | 1am | 9pm |
| 4pm | 9pm | 2am | 10pm |
| 5pm | 10pm | 3am | 11pm |
| 6pm | 11pm | 4am | 12am (midnight) |
| 7pm | 12am (midnight) | 5am | 1am |
| 8pm | 1am | 6am | 2am |
| 9pm | 2am | 7am | 3am |
| 10pm | 3am | 8am | 4am |
| 11pm | 4am | 9am | 5am |
| 0:00 | 5:00 | 10:00 | 6:00 |
| 1:00 | 6:00 | 11:00 | 7:00 |
| 2:00 | 7:00 | 12:00 | 8:00 |
| 3:00 | 8:00 | 13:00 | 9:00 |
| 4:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 10:00 |
| 5:00 | 10:00 | 15:00 | 11:00 |
| 6:00 | 11:00 | 16:00 | 12:00 |
| 7:00 | 12:00 | 17:00 | 13:00 |
| 8:00 | 13:00 | 18:00 | 14:00 |
| 9:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 20:00 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 21:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 22:00 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 23:00 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 0:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 1:00 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 2:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 3:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 4:00 | 0:00 |
| 19:00 | 0:00 | 5:00 | 1:00 |
| 20:00 | 1:00 | 6:00 | 2:00 |
| 21:00 | 2:00 | 7:00 | 3:00 |
| 22:00 | 3:00 | 8:00 | 4:00 |
| 23:00 | 4:00 | 9:00 | 5:00 |
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 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 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 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 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
Universal Time Coordinated
Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
Pakistan Standard Time
Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: Pakistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PKT timezone is Karachi from Pakistan with population about 11.624 million people. Other major cities in the area are Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan
Daylight Saving: Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore PKT remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Pakistan Standard Time remains the same
PKT 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 five hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for PKT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- Asia/Karachi
- 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
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Start: Central European Time (CET) started on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 27, 2024, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of October.
End: Central European Time (CET) ends on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of March.
CET representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Tunis
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- Poland
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time