MSK to CST Converter

Time Difference

Moscow Standard Time is 9 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
4:00 pm16:00 in MSK is 7:00 am07:00 in CST

MSK to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-7pm in MSK which corresponds to 8am-10am in CST

4:00 pm16:00 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

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

Moscow Standard Time

Offset: MSK is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Russia, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MSK timezone is Moscow from Russia with population about 10.381 million people. Other major cities in the area are Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov na Donu

Daylight Saving: Moscow Standard Time (MSK) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore MSK remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Moscow Standard Time remains the same

MSK representations, usage and related time zones

• +03 - basic short
• +0300 - basic
• +03:00 - extended

• +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates three hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

• Charlie - Military abbreviation for MSK
• C - short form of 'Charlie'

• Europe/Moscow
• Europe/Simferopol
• W-SU

Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:

• EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
• MSK - Moscow Standard Time
• AST - Arabia Standard Time
• C - Charlie Time Zone
• EAT - Eastern Africa Time
• FET - Further Eastern European Time
• IDT - Israel Daylight Time
• TRT - Turkey Time
• +03 -
• GMT - GMT+04:00

Central Standard Time

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

Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Start: CST started and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: CST ends and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

CST representations, usage and related time zones

• -06 - basic short
• -0600 - basic
• -06:00 - extended

• -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

• Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
• S - short form of 'Sierra'

• America/Bahia_Banderas
• America/Belize
• America/Chicago
• 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/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
• -06 -