CST to YST Converter
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6:00 am06:00 CST (UTC-6), Nov 15, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 YST (UTC-7), Nov 15, 2026
CST is 1 hour ahead of YST.
CST (US winter time, UTC-6) 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 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 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. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, CST is 1 hour ahead of YST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CDT correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in YST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in YST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CDT correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in YST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CST correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 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 Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of Yukon Standard Time.
6:00 am06:00 in CST is 5:00 am05:00 in YST
CST to YST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in CST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in YST.
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Yukon Standard Time (YST). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST / 5:00 am05:00 YST
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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
Yukon Standard Time
Offset: YST is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada
Principal Cities: The largest city in the YST time zone is Whitehorse in Canada, with about 28,201 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Watson Lake.
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