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GST to CST Caribbean

GST
Gulf Standard Time
GMT +4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CST
Cuba Standard Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

GST is 9 hours ahead of CST. GST uses GMT +4, and CST uses GMT -5 for this comparison.

For example, 4:00 pm GST is 7:00 am CST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 5pm-6pm GST, which is 8am-9am CST.

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

Time Difference

Gulf Standard Time is 9 hours ahead of Cuba Standard Time
4:00 pm16:00 in GST is 7:00 am07:00 in CST

GST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm in GST which corresponds to 8am-9am in CST

4:00 pm16:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Cuba Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

4:00 pm16:00 GST / 7:00 am07:00 CST

GSTCST
12am (midnight)3pm
1am4pm
2am5pm
3am6pm
4am7pm
5am8pm
6am9pm
7am10pm
8am11pm
9am12am (midnight)
10am1am
11am2am
12pm (noon)3am
1pm4am
2pm5am
3pm6am
4pm7am
5pm8am
6pm9am
7pm10am
8pm11am
9pm12pm (noon)
10pm1pm
11pm2pm
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01:0016:00
02:0017:00
03:0018:00
04:0019:00
05:0020:00
06:0021:00
07:0022:00
08:0023:00
09:0000:00
10:0001:00
11:0002:00
12:0003:00
13:0004:00
14:0005:00
15:0006:00
16:0007:00
17:0008:00
18:0009:00
19:0010:00
20:0011:00
21:0012:00
22:0013:00
23:0014:00

Gulf Standard Time

Offset: GST is 4 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: United Arab Emirates

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GST time zone is Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with about 1.137 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman.

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

GST Time Zone Geo Map
GST timezone map

GST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for GST
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
  • MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
  • SAMT - Samara Time
  • AMT - Armenia Time
  • AZT - Azerbaijan Time
  • D - Delta Time Zone
  • GET - Georgia Standard Time
  • GST - Gulf Standard Time
  • MUT - Mauritius Time
  • RET - Reunion Time
  • SCT - Seychelles Time

Cuba Standard Time

Offset: CST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Caribbean

Countries using this time zone: Cuba

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Havana in Cuba, with about 2.164 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey, Holguin, Guantanamo.

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Cuba Daylight Time (CDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 1am to 12amStart: Cuba Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 12:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 12am to 1amEnd: Cuba Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 12:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

CST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for CST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Havana
  • Cuba
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -5 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
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