Texas, USA
CST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
GST
Gulf Standard Time
GMT +4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Austin time with GST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

CST (Central Standard Time) is 10 hours behind Gulf Standard Time
6:00 am06:00 in Austin, TX, USA is 4:00 pm16:00 in GST

Austin to GST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am in Austin which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm in GST

6:00 am06:00 CST (Central Standard Time) (Austin, TX, USA). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST). Offset UTC +4:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 Austin, TX, USA / 4:00 pm16:00 GST

Austin, TX, USAGST
12am (midnight)10am
1am11am
2am12pm (noon)
3am1pm
4am2pm
5am3pm
6am4pm
7am5pm
8am6pm
9am7pm
10am8pm
11am9pm
12pm (noon)10pm
1pm11pm
2pm12am (midnight)
3pm1am
4pm2am
5pm3am
6pm4am
7pm5am
8pm6am
9pm7am
10pm8am
11pm9am
00:0010:00
01:0011:00
02:0012:00
03:0013:00
04:0014:00
05:0015:00
06:0016:00
07:0017:00
08:0018:00
09:0019:00
10:0020:00
11:0021:00
12:0022:00
13:0023:00
14:0000:00
15:0001:00
16:0002:00
17:0003:00
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19:0005:00
20:0006:00
21:0007:00
22:0008:00
23:0009:00

Austin Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CDT - Central Daylight Time
CST - Central Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-5:00 hours during Central Daylight Time, currently in use.
-6:00 hours during Central Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Austin Facts

Country
USA
State
Texas
Alternative Names
AUS, Austin, Austino, Austinopolis, Aŭstino, Montopolis, Oscin, Ostin, Ostina, Ostinas, Ostins, Waterloo, ao si ting, asatina, astin, astina, astyn tgzas, awstn, ke shi dian, oseutin, ostina, ostʼini, osutin, xxstin, Ώστιν, Остин, Остін, Осцін, Օստին, אוסטין, אסטין, آستین، تگزاس, آسٹن, آسٹن، ٹیکساس, أوستن, अस्टिन, अस्तिन, आस्टिन्, ऑस्टिन, অস্টিন, ਆਸਟਿਨ, ஆஸ்டின், ഓസ്റ്റിൻ, ออสติน, ოსტინი, ኦስቲን፣ ቴክሳስ, ᎠᏍᏘᏂ, オースティン, 奧斯汀, 柯士甸, 오스틴
Population
931,830
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
30° 16' N Latitude / 97° 44' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

Gulf Standard Time

Offset: GST is 4 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: United Arab Emirates

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GST time zone is Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with about 1.137 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Gulf Standard Time (GST) do not change for daylight saving time, so GST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

GST Time Zone Geo Map
GST timezone map

GST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for GST
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
  • MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
  • SAMT - Samara Time
  • AMT - Armenia Time
  • AZT - Azerbaijan Time
  • D - Delta Time Zone
  • GET - Georgia Standard Time
  • GST - Gulf Standard Time
  • MUT - Mauritius Time
  • RET - Reunion Time
  • SCT - Seychelles Time