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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 15, 2026 = 9:30 am09:30 HAT (UTC-2:30), Oct 15, 2026

CDT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind HAT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind HAT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CT is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind HAT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CT correspond to 11:30 am to 8:30 pm in HAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CT correspond to 12:30 pm to 9:30 pm in HAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CT correspond to 11:30 to 20:30 in HAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CT correspond to 12:30 to 21:30 in HAT.

Compare CT time with HAT 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 and 30 minutes behind Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve.
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 9:30 am09:30 in HAT

CDT to HAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in CDT which corresponds to 11:30am-6pm11:30-18:00 in HAT

7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours

7:00 am07:00 CDT / 9:30 am09:30 HAT

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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, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, 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

Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve

Offset: HAT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the HAT time zone is St. John's in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Clarenville.

Map of the areas on Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT)
HAT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on HAT.

Daylight Saving: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Newfoundland Standard Time (NST).

123456789101112Start: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

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HAT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -0230 - basic
  • -02:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0230 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.