Dominican Republic
AST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CT
Central Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

AST (Atlantic Standard Time) is 2 hours ahead of Central Time
8:00 am08:00 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic is 6:00 am06:00 in CT

Punta Cana to CT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm in Punta Cana which corresponds to 9am-3pm in CT

8:00 am08:00 AST (Atlantic Standard Time) (Punta Cana, Dominican Republic). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic / 6:00 am06:00 CT

Punta Cana, Dominican RepublicCT
12am (midnight)10pm
1am11pm
2am12am (midnight)
3am1am
4am2am
5am3am
6am4am
7am5am
8am6am
9am7am
10am8am
11am9am
12pm (noon)10am
1pm11am
2pm12pm (noon)
3pm1pm
4pm2pm
5pm3pm
6pm4pm
7pm5pm
8pm6pm
9pm7pm
10pm8pm
11pm9pm
00:0022:00
01:0023:00
02:0000:00
03:0001:00
04:0002:00
05:0003:00
06:0004:00
07:0005:00
08:0006:00
09:0007:00
10:0008:00
11:0009:00
12:0010:00
13:0011:00
14:0012:00
15:0013:00
16:0014:00
17:0015:00
18:0016:00
19:0017:00
20:0018:00
21:0019:00
22:0020:00
23:0021:00

Punta Cana Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
AST - Atlantic Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-4:00 hours during Atlantic Standard Time, currently in use.

Punta Cana Facts

Country
Dominican Republic
Alternative Names
PUJ, Punta Cana, Punta Kana, Punta-Kana, Пунта Кана, Пунта-Кана
Population
100,023
Currency
Peso (DOP)
Geographic Coordinates
18° 34' N Latitude / 68° 24' W Longitude

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