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CT
Central Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WAST
West Africa Summer Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CT is 7 hours behind WAST. At other times of the year, CT is 8 hours behind WAST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in WAST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in WAST.

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

Time Difference

Central Time is 8 hours behind West Africa Summer Time
6:00 am06:00 in CT is 2:00 pm14:00 in WAST

CT to WAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in CT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in WAST

6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 West Africa Summer Time (WAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 CT / 2:00 pm14:00 WAST

CTWAST
12am (midnight)8am
1am9am
2am10am
3am11am
4am12pm (noon)
5am1pm
6am2pm
7am3pm
8am4pm
9am5pm
10am6pm
11am7pm
12pm (noon)8pm
1pm9pm
2pm10pm
3pm11pm
4pm12am (midnight)
5pm1am
6pm2am
7pm3am
8pm4am
9pm5am
10pm6am
11pm7am
00:0008:00
01:0009:00
02:0010:00
03:0011:00
04:0012:00
05:0013:00
06:0014:00
07:0015:00
08:0016:00
09:0017:00
10:0018:00
11:0019:00
12:0020:00
13:0021:00
14:0022:00
15:0023:00
16:0000:00
17:0001:00
18:0002:00
19:0003:00
20:0004:00
21:0005:00
22:0006:00
23:0007:00

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

West Africa Summer Time

Offset: WAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Namibia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WAST time zone is Windhoek in Namibia, with about 386,219 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Rundu, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Oshakati.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in West Africa Summer Time (WAST) do not change for daylight saving time, so WAST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

WAST Time Zone Geo Map
WAST timezone map

WAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for WAST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time