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CT/CDT
Central Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NOVST
Novosibirsk Summer Time
GMT +7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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Selected conversion

7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 11, 2026 = 7:00 pm19:00 NOVST (UTC+7), Oct 11, 2026

CDT is 12 hours behind NOVST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CT is 12 hours behind NOVST. At other times of the year, CT is 13 hours behind NOVST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CT correspond to 9:00 pm to 5:00 am (next day) in NOVST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CT correspond to 10:00 pm to 6:00 am (next day) in NOVST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CT correspond to 21:00 to 05:00 (next day) in NOVST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CT correspond to 22:00 to 06:00 (next day) in NOVST.

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

Time Difference

Central Daylight Time is 12 hours behind Novosibirsk Summer Time.
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 7:00 pm19:00 in NOVST

CDT to NOVST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in CDT which corresponds to 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in NOVST

7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
7:00 pm19:00 Novosibirsk Summer Time (NOVST). Offset UTC +7:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 CDT / 7:00 pm19:00 NOVST

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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 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

Novosibirsk Summer Time

Offset: NOVST is 7 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Russia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NOVST time zone is Novosibirsk in Russia, with about 1.613 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tomsk, Seversk, Berdsk, Iskitim.

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

NOVST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +07 - basic short
  • +0700 - basic
  • +07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Golf - Military abbreviation for NOVST
  • G - short form of 'Golf'
Time zones with the GMT +7 offset:
  • CXT - Christmas Island Time
  • DAVT - Davis Time
  • G - Golf Time Zone
  • HOVT - Hovd Time
  • ICT - Indochina Time
  • KRAT - Krasnoyarsk Time
  • NOVST - Novosibirsk Summer Time
  • NOVT - Novosibirsk Time
  • OMSST - Omsk Summer Time
  • WIB - Western Indonesian Time