UTC to CST Converter

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated is 6 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
So 11:30 am11:30 in UTC is 5:30 am05:30 in CST

11:30 am11:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
5:30 am05:30 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

11:30 am11:30 UTC / 5:30 am05:30 CST

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

• Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
• +00 - basic short
• +0000 - basic
• +00:00 - extended

• +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

• Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
• Z - short form of 'Zulu'

• Etc/UTC
• Etc/Universal
• Etc/Zulu
• UTC
• Universal
• Zulu

Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:

• EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
• GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
• WET - Western European Time
• AZOST - Azores Summer Time
• UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
• WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
• Z - Zulu Time Zone
• +00 -

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 switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Start: CST starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, November 3, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

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

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

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

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 six hour and zero minutes time differences 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/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 -