EST to CT Converter
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of Central Time
So 12:16 AM00:16 in EST is 11:16 PM23:16 in CT
12:16 AM00:16 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
11:16 PM23:16 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
12:16 AM00:16 EST / 11:16 PM23:16 CT
EST | CT |
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12am (midnight) | 11pm |
1am | 12am (midnight) |
2am | 1am |
3am | 2am |
4am | 3am |
5am | 4am |
6am | 5am |
7am | 6am |
8am | 7am |
9am | 8am |
10am | 9am |
11am | 10am |
12pm (noon) | 11am |
1pm | 12pm (noon) |
2pm | 1pm |
3pm | 2pm |
4pm | 3pm |
5pm | 4pm |
6pm | 5pm |
7pm | 6pm |
8pm | 7pm |
9pm | 8pm |
10pm | 9pm |
11pm | 10pm |
0:00 | 23:00 |
1:00 | 0:00 |
2:00 | 1:00 |
3:00 | 2:00 |
4:00 | 3:00 |
5:00 | 4:00 |
6:00 | 5:00 |
7:00 | 6:00 |
8:00 | 7:00 |
9:00 | 8:00 |
10:00 | 9:00 |
11:00 | 10:00 |
12:00 | 11:00 |
13:00 | 12:00 |
14:00 | 13:00 |
15:00 | 14:00 |
16:00 | 15:00 |
17:00 | 16:00 |
18:00 | 17:00 |
19:00 | 18:00 |
20:00 | 19:00 |
21:00 | 20:00 |
22:00 | 21:00 |
23:00 | 22:00 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens
Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: EST starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, November 4, 2018, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
End: EST ends annually on the same date and time. and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, March 10, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5:00 h offset:
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
- -05 -
Central Time
Central Time (PT) 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: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are 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
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6:00 h offset:
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
- -06 -