UTC to CST Caribbean
Time Difference
Universal Time Coordinated is 5 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time
12:30 am00:30 in UTC is 7:30 pm19:30 in CDT
UTC to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-6pm in UTC which corresponds to 8am-1pm in CST
12:30 am00:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
7:30 pm19:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
12:30 am00:30 UTC / 7:30 pm19:30 CDT
| UTC | CDT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 7pm |
| 1am | 8pm |
| 2am | 9pm |
| 3am | 10pm |
| 4am | 11pm |
| 5am | 12am (midnight) |
| 6am | 1am |
| 7am | 2am |
| 8am | 3am |
| 9am | 4am |
| 10am | 5am |
| 11am | 6am |
| 12pm (noon) | 7am |
| 1pm | 8am |
| 2pm | 9am |
| 3pm | 10am |
| 4pm | 11am |
| 5pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 6pm | 1pm |
| 7pm | 2pm |
| 8pm | 3pm |
| 9pm | 4pm |
| 10pm | 5pm |
| 11pm | 6pm |
| 0:00 | 19:00 |
| 1:00 | 20:00 |
| 2:00 | 21:00 |
| 3:00 | 22:00 |
| 4:00 | 23:00 |
| 5:00 | 0:00 |
| 6:00 | 1:00 |
| 7:00 | 2:00 |
| 8:00 | 3:00 |
| 9:00 | 4:00 |
| 10:00 | 5:00 |
| 11:00 | 6:00 |
| 12:00 | 7:00 |
| 13:00 | 8:00 |
| 14:00 | 9:00 |
| 15:00 | 10:00 |
| 16:00 | 11:00 |
| 17:00 | 12:00 |
| 18:00 | 13:00 |
| 19:00 | 14:00 |
| 20:00 | 15:00 |
| 21:00 | 16:00 |
| 22:00 | 17:00 |
| 23:00 | 18:00 |
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
- 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
Cuba Standard Time
Offset: CST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Caribbean
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Chicago from USA with population about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in the area are Havana, Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
End: Cuba Standard Time (CST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 12:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 1:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Cuba Standard Time (CST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 1:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 12:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
CST 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 five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Havana
- Cuba
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
- 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