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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 13, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 SGT (UTC+8), Oct 13, 2026

CDT is 13 hours behind Singapore.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CT is 13 hours behind Singapore. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CT is 14 hours behind Singapore.

For most 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 Singapore. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CT correspond to 11:00 pm to 7:00 am (next day) in Singapore.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CT correspond to 22:00 to 06:00 (next day) in Singapore. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CT correspond to 23:00 to 07:00 (next day) in Singapore.

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

Time Difference

Central Daylight Time is 13 hours behind SGT (Singapore Time).
7:00 am07:00 in CDT is 8:00 pm20:00 in Singapore, Singapore

CDT to Singapore call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in CDT which corresponds to 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in Singapore (next day). Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 SGT (Singapore Time) (Singapore, Singapore). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 CDT / 8:00 pm20:00 Singapore, Singapore

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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

Singapore Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
SGT – Singapore Time, UTC+8 (no daylight saving time)

Singapore Facts

Country
Singapore
Alternative Names
SIN, Sin-ka-po, Singapore, Singapore City, Singapour, Singapur, Singapura, Sinkapoure, Sîn-kâ-po, Tumasik, cinkappur, prathes singkhpor, shingaporu, sigapura, sing-gapol, sing-gapoleu, singapura, singkh por, sngapwr, snghafwrt, syngpwr, xin jia po, xing jia po, Σιγκαπούρη, Сингапур, Сінгапур, סינגפור, سنغافورة, سنگاپور, सिंगापुर, सिंगापूर, ਸਿੰਗਾਪੁਰ, சிங்கப்பூர், ประเทศสิงคโปร์, สิงค์โปร, ປະເທດສງກະໂປ, ປະເທດສິງກະໂປ, စငကာပနငင, စင်ကာပူနိုင်ငံ, សងហបរ, សិង្ហបុរី, シンガポール, 新加坡, 星架坡, 싱가포르, 싱가폴
Population
5,638,700
Currency
Dollar (SGD)
Geographic Coordinates
1° 17' N Latitude / 103° 51' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+65