TMT to CT Converter
Start by searching for a time zone, city, or town.
Add one or more places to compare local times, adjust the date, and share the result.
Quick answers
Selected conversion
5:00 pm17:00 TMT (UTC+5), Nov 3, 2026 = 6:00 am06:00 CT (UTC-6), Nov 3, 2026
TMT is 11 hours ahead of CT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, TMT is 10 hours ahead of CT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, TMT is 11 hours ahead of CT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in TMT correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 am in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in TMT correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in CT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in TMT correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 08:00 in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in TMT correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in CT.
Compare TMT time with CT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Turkmenistan Time is 11 hours ahead of Central Time.
5:00 pm17:00 in TMT is 6:00 am06:00 in CT
TMT to CT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in TMT which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in CT. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
5:00 pm17:00 Turkmenistan Time (TMT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 TMT / 6:00 am06:00 CT
Choose an hour to update the converter. Day labels such as “next day” or “+1” are relative to the selected date in the first column. Use Up and Down arrow keys, Home or End to move between hours, then Enter or Space to select.
| TMT | CT |
|---|---|
| 1:00pm previous day | |
| 2:00pm previous day | |
| 3:00pm previous day | |
| 4:00pm previous day | |
| 5:00pm previous day | |
| 6:00pm previous day | |
| 7:00pm previous day | |
| 8:00pm previous day | |
| 9:00pm previous day | |
| 10:00pm previous day | |
| 11:00pm previous day | |
| 12:00am | |
| 1:00am | |
| 2:00am | |
| 3:00am | |
| 4:00am | |
| 5:00am | |
| 6:00am | |
| 7:00am | |
| 8:00am | |
| 9:00am | |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | |
| 13:00 previous day | |
| 14:00 previous day | |
| 15:00 previous day | |
| 16:00 previous day | |
| 17:00 previous day | |
| 18:00 previous day | |
| 19:00 previous day | |
| 20:00 previous day | |
| 21:00 previous day | |
| 22:00 previous day | |
| 23:00 previous day | |
| 00:00 | |
| 01:00 | |
| 02:00 | |
| 03:00 | |
| 04:00 | |
| 05:00 | |
| 06:00 | |
| 07:00 | |
| 08:00 | |
| 09:00 | |
| 10:00 | |
| 11:00 | |
| 12:00 |
Turkmenistan Time
Offset: TMT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Turkmenistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the TMT time zone is Ashgabat in Turkmenistan, with about 1.03 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Türkmenabat, Daşoguz, Mary, Türkmenbaşy.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Turkmenistan Time (TMT) do not change for daylight saving time, so TMT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
TMT representations, usage and related time zones
- +05 - basic short
- +0500 - basic
- +05:00 - extended
- +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for TMT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
- AMST - Armenia Summer Time
- AQTT - Aqtobe Time
- AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
- E - Echo Time Zone
- MAWT - Mawson Time
- MVT - Maldives Time
- ORAT - Oral Time
- PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
- QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
- TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
- TJT - Tajikistan Time
- TMT - Turkmenistan Time
- UZT - Uzbekistan Time
- YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
- HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time
Central Time
Central Time (CT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.
Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CT 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 CT.
CT 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 CT
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone