CST to YST 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 11, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 YST (UTC-7), Oct 11, 2026
CDT is 2 hours ahead of YST.
CST and YST examples
These examples always use CST (UTC-6) and YST (UTC-7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CST is 1 hour ahead of YST.
CST uses UTC-6 during standard time. For Central Time that follows daylight saving time, use CT to YST. For daylight-time examples, use CDT to YST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CDT is 2 hours ahead of YST. At other times of the year, CST is 1 hour ahead of YST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in YST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in YST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CDT correspond to 07:00 to 15:00 in YST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CST correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in YST.
Compare CST time with YST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 2 hours ahead of Yukon Standard Time.
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 5:00 am05:00 in YST
CDT to YST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm11:00-17:00 in CDT which corresponds to 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in YST
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Yukon Standard Time (YST). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 CDT / 5:00 am05:00 YST
| CDT | YST |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 10:00pm |
| 1:00am | 11:00pm |
| 2:00am | 12:00am |
| 3:00am | 1:00am |
| 4:00am | 2:00am |
| 5:00am | 3:00am |
| 6:00am | 4:00am |
| 7:00am | 5:00am |
| 8:00am | 6:00am |
| 9:00am | 7:00am |
| 10:00am | 8:00am |
| 11:00am | 9:00am |
| 12:00pm | 10:00am |
| 1:00pm | 11:00am |
| 2:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 00:00 | 22:00 |
| 01:00 | 23:00 |
| 02:00 | 00:00 |
| 03:00 | 01:00 |
| 04:00 | 02:00 |
| 05:00 | 03:00 |
| 06:00 | 04:00 |
| 07:00 | 05:00 |
| 08:00 | 06:00 |
| 09:00 | 07:00 |
| 10:00 | 08:00 |
| 11:00 | 09:00 |
| 12:00 | 10:00 |
| 13:00 | 11:00 |
| 14:00 | 12:00 |
| 15:00 | 13:00 |
| 16:00 | 14:00 |
| 17:00 | 15:00 |
| 18:00 | 16:00 |
| 19:00 | 17:00 |
| 20:00 | 18:00 |
| 21:00 | 19:00 |
| 22:00 | 20:00 |
| 23:00 | 21:00 |
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
Yukon Standard Time
Offset: YST is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Yukon Standard Time (YST) do not change for daylight saving time, so YST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
French: HNY - Heure Normale du Yukon
YST representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for YST
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone