HMT to CDT Converter
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5:00 pm17:00 HMT (UTC+5), Oct 4, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 4, 2026
HMT is 10 hours ahead of CDT.
HMT and CDT examples
These examples always use HMT (UTC+5) 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.
HMT is 10 hours ahead of CDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, HMT is 10 hours ahead of CDT. At other times of the year, HMT is 11 hours ahead of CST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in HMT correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in HMT correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 6:00 am in CST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in HMT correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in HMT correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 06:00 in CST.
Compare HMT time with CDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Heard and McDonald Islands Time is 10 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time.
5:00 pm17:00 in HMT is 7:00 am07:00 in CDT
HMT to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in HMT which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in CDT
5:00 pm17:00 Heard and McDonald Islands Time (HMT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 HMT / 7:00 am07:00 CDT
| HMT | CDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 2:00pm |
| 1:00am | 3:00pm |
| 2:00am | 4:00pm |
| 3:00am | 5:00pm |
| 4:00am | 6:00pm |
| 5:00am | 7:00pm |
| 6:00am | 8:00pm |
| 7:00am | 9:00pm |
| 8:00am | 10:00pm |
| 9:00am | 11:00pm |
| 10:00am | 12:00am |
| 11:00am | 1:00am |
| 12:00pm | 2:00am |
| 1:00pm | 3:00am |
| 2:00pm | 4:00am |
| 3:00pm | 5:00am |
| 4:00pm | 6:00am |
| 5:00pm | 7:00am |
| 6:00pm | 8:00am |
| 7:00pm | 9:00am |
| 8:00pm | 10:00am |
| 9:00pm | 11:00am |
| 10:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 00:00 | 14:00 |
| 01:00 | 15:00 |
| 02:00 | 16:00 |
| 03:00 | 17:00 |
| 04:00 | 18:00 |
| 05:00 | 19:00 |
| 06:00 | 20:00 |
| 07:00 | 21:00 |
| 08:00 | 22:00 |
| 09:00 | 23:00 |
| 10:00 | 00:00 |
| 11:00 | 01:00 |
| 12:00 | 02:00 |
| 13:00 | 03:00 |
| 14:00 | 04:00 |
| 15:00 | 05:00 |
| 16:00 | 06:00 |
| 17:00 | 07:00 |
| 18:00 | 08:00 |
| 19:00 | 09:00 |
| 20:00 | 10:00 |
| 21:00 | 11:00 |
| 22:00 | 12:00 |
| 23:00 | 13:00 |
Heard and McDonald Islands Time
Offset: HMT is 5 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Indian
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Heard and McDonald Islands Time (HMT) do not change for daylight saving time, so HMT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
HMT 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 east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for HMT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- AMST - Armenia Summer Time
- AQTT - Aqtobe Time
- AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
- E - Echo Time Zone
- MAWT - Mawson Time
- MVT - Maldives Time
- ORAT - Oral Time
- PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
- TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
- TJT - Tajikistan Time
- TMT - Turkmenistan Time
- UZT - Uzbekistan Time
- YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
- HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
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, Ciudad Juarez, Dallas.
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro
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.
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