SST to CST Converter
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1:00 am01:00 SST (UTC-11), Nov 10, 2026 = 6:00 am06:00 CST (UTC-6), Nov 10, 2026
SST is 5 hours behind CST.
SST and CST (US winter time, UTC-6) examples
These examples always use SST (UTC-11) and CST (UTC-6). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
SST is 5 hours behind CST.
CST is US Central winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year Chicago uses CDT (UTC-5), one hour later. For Central Time that follows daylight saving time, use SST to CT. For daylight-time examples, use SST to CDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, SST is 6 hours behind CDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, SST is 5 hours behind CST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SST correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SST correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in CST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SST correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SST correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in CST.
Compare SST time with CST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Samoa Standard Time is 5 hours behind Central Standard Time.
1:00 am01:00 in SST is 6:00 am06:00 in CST
SST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in SST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in CST.
1:00 am01:00 Samoa Standard Time (SST). Offset UTC -11:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 SST / 6:00 am06:00 CST
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Samoa Standard Time
Offset: SST is 11 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: American Samoa, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SST time zone is Pago Pago in American Samoa, with about 11,500 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tāfuna, Nu‘uuli, Leone, Faleniu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Samoa Standard Time (SST) do not change for daylight saving time, so SST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
SST representations, usage and related time zones
- -11 - basic short
- -1100 - basic
- -11:00 - extended
- -1100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- X-ray - Military abbreviation for SST
- X - short form of 'X-ray'
- Pacific/Midway
- Pacific/Pago_Pago
- Pacific/Samoa
- US/Samoa
- NUT - Niue Time
- SST - Samoa Standard Time
- X - X-ray Time Zone
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 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, Puebla, Santiago de Querétaro.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Today all shaded areas are on CST.
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).
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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 an offset of six hours 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/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
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone