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Cape Girardeau's clocks go back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1 · CDT → CST
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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 24, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 24, 2026

Cape Girardeau is 1 hour behind EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Cape Girardeau is 1 hour behind EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Cape Girardeau is 1 hour behind EST. Briefly around clock changes, Cape Girardeau and EST have the same time or Cape Girardeau is 2 hours behind EDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Cape Girardeau correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Cape Girardeau correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Cape Girardeau correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Cape Girardeau correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in EST.

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

Time Difference

CDT (Central Daylight Time) is 1 hour behind Eastern Daylight Time.
7:00 am07:00 in Cape Girardeau, MO, USA is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

Cape Girardeau to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Cape Girardeau which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in EDT

7:00 am07:00 CDT (Central Daylight Time) (Cape Girardeau, MO, USA). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 Cape Girardeau, MO, USA / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

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Cape Girardeau Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CDT – Central Daylight Time, UTC-5 (now, daylight saving time)
CST – Central Standard Time, UTC-6 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (CST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (CDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Cape Girardeau Facts

Country
USA
State
Missouri
Alternative Names
CGI, Cap-Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Decatur - in-part, Kejp DZirardo, Kejp Dzhirardo, Kejp Zhirardo, kab jyrardw, kai pu ji la duo, keipeujilado, kepujirado, kyp jyradw mswry, kyp zhrardw myzwry, Кейп Джирардо, Кейп Жирардо, Кејп Џирардо, كاب جيراردو, کیپ جیرادو، مسوری, کیپ ژراردو، میزوری, ケープジラード, 开普吉拉多, 케이프지라도
Population
39,462
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
37° 18' N Latitude / 89° 31' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

Eastern Daylight Time

Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est

Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
EDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on EDT.

Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).

123456789101112Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) 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.

123456789101112End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) 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.

EDT 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST5EDT
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time