MST to CST Converter

MDT/MST

Mountain Daylight Time

GMT -6

MST automatically adjusted to MDT time zone, that is in use

CDT/CST

Central Daylight Time

GMT -5

CST automatically adjusted to CDT time zone, that is in use

Time Difference

Mountain Daylight Time is 1 hours behind of Central Daylight Time
So 8:00 pm20:00 in MDT is 9:00 pm21:00 in CDT

8:00 pm20:00 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 MDT / 9:00 pm21:00 CDT

MDT	CDT
12am (midnight)	1am
1am	2am
2am	3am
3am	4am
4am	5am
5am	6am
6am	7am
7am	8am
8am	9am
9am	10am
10am	11am
11am	12pm (noon)
12pm (noon)	1pm
1pm	2pm
2pm	3pm
3pm	4pm
4pm	5pm
5pm	6pm
6pm	7pm
7pm	8pm
8pm	9pm
9pm	10pm
10pm	11pm
11pm	12am (midnight)
0:00	1:00
1:00	2:00
2:00	3:00
3:00	4:00
4:00	5:00
5:00	6:00
6:00	7:00
7:00	8:00
8:00	9:00
9:00	10:00
10:00	11:00
11:00	12:00
12:00	13:00
13:00	14:00
14:00	15:00
15:00	16:00
16:00	17:00
17:00	18:00
18:00	19:00
19:00	20:00
20:00	21:00
21:00	22:00
22:00	23:00
23:00	0:00

Mountain Standard Time

Offset: MST is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MST timezone is Ciudad Juarez from Mexico with population about 1.512 million people. Other major cities in the area are Phoenix, Calgary, Chihuahua, Edmonton

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places adjust time for one hour forward for daylight saving and observe Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

End: MST ends annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour forward on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

Start: MST starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks are set one hour back on Sunday, November 1, 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HNR - Heure Normale des Rocheuses

Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico

MST Time Zone Geo Map — MST timezone map

MST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

-07 - basic short
-0700 - basic
-07:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

-0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates seven hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

Tango - Military abbreviation for MST
T - short form of 'Tango'

IANA/Olson: Reflects MST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

America/Boise
America/Cambridge_Bay
America/Chihuahua
America/Creston
America/Dawson_Creek
America/Denver
America/Edmonton
America/Fort_Nelson
America/Hermosillo
America/Inuvik
America/Mazatlan
America/Ojinaga
America/Phoenix
America/Shiprock
America/Yellowknife
Canada/Mountain
MST
MST7MDT
Mexico/BajaSur
Navajo
US/Arizona
US/Mountain

Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:

MST - Mountain Standard Time
PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
T - Tango Time Zone

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 8, 2020, 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 1, 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

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

CST Time Zone Geo Map — CST timezone map

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 six hour and zero minutes time differences 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/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 -
MWT -