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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 24, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 GFT (UTC-3), Oct 24, 2026

CDT is 2 hours behind GFT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CT is 2 hours behind GFT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CT is 3 hours behind GFT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CT correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in GFT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CT correspond to 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm in GFT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CT correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in GFT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CT correspond to 12:00 to 21:00 in GFT.

Compare CT time with GFT 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 behind French Guiana Time.
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 9:00 am09:00 in GFT

CDT to GFT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in CDT which corresponds to 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in GFT

7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 French Guiana Time (GFT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 CDT / 9:00 am09:00 GFT

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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, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CT 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

Map of the areas on Central Time (CT)
CT all year CT part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−6 (Central Standard Time, MDT).

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

French Guiana Time

Offset: GFT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: French Guiana

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GFT time zone is Cayenne in French Guiana, with about 61,550 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Kourou, Apatou, Grand-Santi.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in French Guiana Time (GFT) do not change for daylight saving time, so GFT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

GFT 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 GFT
  • 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 - Brasilia Time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • FKT - Falkland Islands Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time