MSK to CST Converter

Time Difference

Moscow Standard Time is 8 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time
So 10:30 am10:30 in MSK is 2:30 am02:30 in CDT

10:30 am10:30 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:30 am02:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

10:30 am10:30 MSK / 2:30 am02:30 CDT

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

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 -

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 adjust time for one hour forward for daylight saving and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).

End: CST ends annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour forward on Sunday, March 10, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

Start: CST starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks are set one hour back on Sunday, November 3, 2019, 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 -