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CT
Central Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CLST
Chile Summer Time
GMT -3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, CT is 1 hour behind CLT, CT is 2 hours behind CLST, or CT is 3 hours behind CLST.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CT correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in CLT, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CT correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in CLST, or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CT correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in CLST.

Compare CT time with CLST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central Time is 3 hours behind Chile Summer Time
6:00 am06:00 in CT is 9:00 am09:00 in CLST

CT to CLST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm in CT which corresponds to 12pm-5pm in CLST

6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Chile Summer Time (CLST). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 CT / 9:00 am09:00 CLST

CTCLST
12am (midnight)3am
1am4am
2am5am
3am6am
4am7am
5am8am
6am9am
7am10am
8am11am
9am12pm (noon)
10am1pm
11am2pm
12pm (noon)3pm
1pm4pm
2pm5pm
3pm6pm
4pm7pm
5pm8pm
6pm9pm
7pm10pm
8pm11pm
9pm12am (midnight)
10pm1am
11pm2am
00:0003:00
01:0004:00
02:0005:00
03:0006:00
04:0007:00
05:0008:00
06:0009:00
07:0010:00
08:0011:00
09:0012:00
10:0013:00
11:0014:00
12:0015:00
13:0016:00
14:0017:00
15:0018:00
16:0019:00
17:0020:00
18:0021:00
19:0022:00
20:0023:00
21:0000:00
22:0001:00
23:0002:00

Central Time

Central Time (CT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.

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

CT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone

Chile Summer Time

Offset: CLST is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

Countries using this time zone: Chile

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CLST time zone is Santiago in Chile, with about 4.837 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Puente Alto, Antofagasta, Vina del Mar, Valparaiso.

CLST Time Zone Geo Map
CLST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Chile Summer Time (CLST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Chile Standard Time (CLT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 12am to 1amStart: Chile Summer Time (CLST) started on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 12:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 7, 2025, 1:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of September

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 12am to 11pmEnd: Chile Summer Time (CLST) ends on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 12:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, April 4, 2026, 11:00 pm local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April

CLST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for CLST
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasília time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time