HDT to CDT Converter
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This converter keeps HDT at UTC−9. Honolulu uses HST (UTC−10) on this date. Open the HST converter, or choose Honolulu, Pearl City, or Hilo for city-specific time.Start by searching for a time zone, city, or town.
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3:00 am03:00 HDT (UTC-9), Oct 17, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 17, 2026
HDT is 4 hours behind CDT.
HDT and CDT examples
These examples always use HDT (UTC-9) and CDT (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
HDT is 4 hours behind CDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, HDT is 4 hours behind CDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, HDT is 3 hours behind CST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HDT correspond to 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm in CST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HDT correspond to 13:00 to 22:00 in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HDT correspond to 12:00 to 21:00 in CST.
Compare HDT time with CDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Hawaii Daylight Time is 4 hours behind Central Daylight Time.
3:00 am03:00 in HDT is 7:00 am07:00 in CDT
HDT to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in HDT which corresponds to 1pm-6pm13:00-18:00 in CDT
3:00 am03:00 Hawaii Daylight Time (HDT). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 HDT / 7:00 am07:00 CDT
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Hawaii Daylight Time
Offset: HDT is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: United States
Today all shaded areas are on HDT.
HDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -09 - basic short
- -0900 - basic
- -09:00 - extended
- -0900 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Victor - Military abbreviation for HDT
- V - short form of 'Victor'
- America/Adak
- America/Atka
- US/Aleutian
- AKST - Alaska Standard Time
- AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
- HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
- GAMT - Gambier Time
- HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
- V - Victor Time Zone
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Chicago in the United States, with about 2.664 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth.
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro
Today all shaded areas are on CDT.
Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
CDT 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 an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Chicago
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Resolute
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
- Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
- 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