Salt Lake City to CDT Time Converter

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Salt Lake City's clocks go back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1 · MDT → MST
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6:00 am06:00 MDT (UTC-6), Oct 22, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 22, 2026

Salt Lake City is 1 hour behind CDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Salt Lake City is 1 hour behind CDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Salt Lake City is 1 hour behind CST. Briefly around clock changes, Salt Lake City and CST have the same time or Salt Lake City is 2 hours behind CDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Salt Lake City correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Salt Lake City correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in CST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Salt Lake City correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Salt Lake City correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in CST.

Compare Salt Lake City time with CDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

MDT (Mountain Daylight Time) is 1 hour behind Central Daylight Time.
6:00 am06:00 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA is 7:00 am07:00 in CDT

Salt Lake City to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Salt Lake City which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in CDT

6:00 am06:00 MDT (Mountain Daylight Time) (Salt Lake City, UT, USA). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 Salt Lake City, UT, USA / 7:00 am07:00 CDT

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Salt Lake City Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
MDT – Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-6 (now, daylight saving time)
MST – Mountain Standard Time, UTC-7 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (MST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (MDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Clock Changes
USA daylight saving time · Clock changes worldwide

Salt Lake City Facts

Country
USA
State
Utah
Alternative Names
Cathair Salt Lake, Civitas Lacus Salsi, Kota Salt Lake, Lungsod ng Salt Lake, SLC, Sallaga Urbo, Salt Lake, Salt Lake Ceety, Salt Lake City, Sol Lek Siti, Solt Leik Sites, Solt Leik Siti, Solt Leik Sitis, Solt Leik Sitės, Solt Lejk Siti, Solt Leyk Siti, Solt-Lehjk-Sici, Solt-Lejk-Siti, Soltleiksitija, Thanh pho Salt Lake, Thành phố Salt Lake, calt lek nakaram, salata leka siti, salt lek siti, salt lyk, salt lyk syty, salta leka siti, solta leka siti, solteuleikeusiti, sorutoreikushiti, swlt lyyq syty, sxltleksiti, yan hu cheng, Σολτ Λέικ Σίτι, Солт Лейк Сити, Солт Лејк Сити, Солт-Лейк-Сити, Солт-Лейк-Сіті, Солт-Лэйк-Сіці, Սոլթ Լեյք Սիթի, סולט לייק סיטי, سالت ليك, سالت لیک سیتی, سالت‌لیک‌سیتی, سالٹ لیک سٹی, سالٹ لیک سٹی، یوٹاہ, साल्ट लेक सिटी, साल्ट् लेक् सिटी, सॉल्ट लेक सिटी, ਸਾਲਟ ਲੇਕ ਸਿਟੀ, சால்ட் லேக் நகரம், ಸಾಲ್ಟ್ ಲೇಕ್ ಸಿಟಿ, ซอลต์เลกซิตี, ཚྭ་མཚོའི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།, სოლტ-ლეიკ-სიტი, ソルトレイクシティ, 盐湖城, 鹽湖城, 솔트레이크시티
Population
215,548
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
40° 45' N Latitude / 111° 53' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1
More About Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City local time and city facts

Central Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Chicago in the United States, with about 2.664 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth.

French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre

Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

Map of the areas on Central Daylight Time (CDT)
CDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CDT.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central Standard Time (CST).

123456789101112Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke
CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT