Ivory Coast
WT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CST
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

WT (Western Sahara Standard Time) is 6 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
12:00 pm12:00 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast is 6:00 am06:00 in CST

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

12:00 pm12:00 WT (Western Sahara Standard Time) (Abidjan, Ivory Coast). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 Abidjan, Ivory Coast / 6:00 am06:00 CST

Abidjan, Ivory CoastCST
12am (midnight)6pm
1am7pm
2am8pm
3am9pm
4am10pm
5am11pm
6am12am (midnight)
7am1am
8am2am
9am3am
10am4am
11am5am
12pm (noon)6am
1pm7am
2pm8am
3pm9am
4pm10am
5pm11am
6pm12pm (noon)
7pm1pm
8pm2pm
9pm3pm
10pm4pm
11pm5pm
00:0018:00
01:0019:00
02:0020:00
03:0021:00
04:0022:00
05:0023:00
06:0000:00
07:0001:00
08:0002:00
09:0003:00
10:0004:00
11:0005:00
12:0006:00
13:0007:00
14:0008:00
15:0009:00
16:0010:00
17:0011:00
18:0012:00
19:0013:00
20:0014:00
21:0015:00
22:0016:00
23:0017:00

Abidjan Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+0:00 hours during Western Sahara Standard Time, currently in use.

Abidjan Facts

Country
Ivory Coast
Alternative Names
ABJ, Abican, Abidjan, Abidzan, Abidzana, Abidzanas, Abidzans, Abidzhan, Abidzhan shaary, Abidżan, Abidžan, Abidžana, Abidžanas, Abidžans, Abigano, Abijan, Abiyan, Abiyán, Abizhan khot, Abiĝano, Ampitzan, a bi rang, a bi ren, abdjan, abijan, abijana, abijang, abijani, abydjan, abyjan, xabi can, ʼbydgʼn, Αμπιτζάν, Абиджан, Абиджан шаары, Абижан хот, Абиџан, Абіджан, Աբիջան, אבידגאן, אבידזשאן, آبدجان, آبیجان, أبيدجان, आबिजान, আবিজান, ਅਬੀਜਾਨ, അബിജാൻ, อาบีจาน, აბიჯანი, アビジャン, 阿必仁, 阿比让, 아비장
Population
3,677,115
Currency
Franc (XOF)
Geographic Coordinates
5° 21' N Latitude / 4° 00' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+225

Central Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

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

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 Central Daylight Time (CDT).

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

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 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
  • -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 CST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Bahia_Banderas
  • America/Belize
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Chihuahua
  • America/Costa_Rica
  • America/El_Salvador
  • America/Guatemala
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Managua
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/Merida
  • America/Mexico_City
  • America/Monterrey
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Regina
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Swift_Current
  • America/Tegucigalpa
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • Canada/Saskatchewan
  • Mexico/General
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke
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 -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