CST to WEST Converter
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6:00 am06:00 CST (UTC-6), Nov 5, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 WET (UTC+0), Nov 5, 2026
CST is 6 hours behind WET.
CST (US winter time, UTC-6) 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 is US Central winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year Chicago uses CDT (UTC-5), one hour later. 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. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CST is 6 hours behind WET. From Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, CDT is 5 hours behind WET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in WET or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in WET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CST correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in WET or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 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 Standard Time is 6 hours behind Western European Time.
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 12:00 pm12:00 in WET
CST to WET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in CST which corresponds to 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in WET
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Western European Time (WET). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST / 12:00 pm12:00 WET
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Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 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, Puebla, Santiago de Querétaro.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Today all shaded areas are on CST.
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 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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 of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Faroe Islands, Portugal, Spain
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
Today the shaded areas are on UTC+0 (WET).
Daylight Saving: Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Western European Time (WET).
End: Western European Summer Time (WEST) ended on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were 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.
Start: Western European Summer Time (WEST) starts on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
See Portugal daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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