CST to WEST Converter
Central Time is on daylight saving time: CDT (UTC−5) until Sun, Nov 1.
Mexico City and Saskatchewan stay on CST (UTC−6).
Quick answers
Selected conversion
7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 8, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 WEST (UTC+1), Oct 8, 2026
CDT is 6 hours behind WEST.
CST and WEST examples
These examples always use CST (UTC-6) and WEST (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CST is 7 hours behind WEST.
CST uses UTC-6 during standard time. For Central Time that follows daylight saving time, use CT to WEST. For daylight-time examples, use CDT to WEST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CDT is 6 hours behind WEST. At other times of the year, CST is 6 hours behind WET or CDT is 5 hours behind WET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in WET or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in WET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in WET or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in WET.
Compare CST time with WEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 6 hours behind Western European Summer Time.
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 1:00 pm13:00 in WEST
CDT to WEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in CDT which corresponds to 3pm-5pm15:00-17:00 in WEST
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
7:00 am07:00 CDT / 1:00 pm13:00 WEST
| CDT | WEST |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 6:00am |
| 1:00am | 7:00am |
| 2:00am | 8:00am |
| 3:00am | 9:00am |
| 4:00am | 10:00am |
| 5:00am | 11:00am |
| 6:00am | 12:00pm |
| 7:00am | 1:00pm |
| 8:00am | 2:00pm |
| 9:00am | 3:00pm |
| 10:00am | 4:00pm |
| 11:00am | 5:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 12:00am |
| 7:00pm | 1:00am |
| 8:00pm | 2:00am |
| 9:00pm | 3:00am |
| 10:00pm | 4:00am |
| 11:00pm | 5:00am |
| 00:00 | 06:00 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 |
| 19:00 | 01:00 |
| 20:00 | 02:00 |
| 21:00 | 03:00 |
| 22:00 | 04:00 |
| 23:00 | 05:00 |
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
Western European Summer Time
Offset: WEST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Spain, Faroe Islands, Portugal
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WEST time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.
German: WESZ - Westeuropäische Sommerzeit
Daylight Saving: Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Western European Time (WET).
Start: Western European Summer Time (WEST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: Western European Summer Time (WEST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
WEST 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 an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for WEST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Atlantic/Canary
- Atlantic/Faeroe
- Atlantic/Faroe
- Atlantic/Madeira
- Europe/Lisbon
- Portugal
- WET
- 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