UTC to CST Converter

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated is 6 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
8:30 pm20:30 in UTC is 2:30 pm14:30 in CST

UTC to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-6pm in UTC which corresponds to 8am-12pm in CST

8:30 pm20:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:30 pm14:30 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

8:30 pm20:30 UTC / 2:30 pm14:30 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/UCT
• Etc/UTC
• Etc/Universal
• Etc/Zulu
• UCT
• 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

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 started and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: CST ends and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, 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 -