Vietnam
ICT
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CST
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
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Compare Ho Chi Minh City time with CST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

ICT (Indochina Time) is 13 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
7:00 pm19:00 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is 6:00 am06:00 in CST

Ho Chi Minh City to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am in Ho Chi Minh City which corresponds to 6pm-7pm in CST (previous day)

7:00 pm19:00 ICT (Indochina Time) (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). Offset UTC +7:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

7:00 pm19:00 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / 6:00 am06:00 CST

Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamCST
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1am12pm (noon)
2am1pm
3am2pm
4am3pm
5am4pm
6am5pm
7am6pm
8am7pm
9am8pm
10am9pm
11am10pm
12pm (noon)11pm
1pm12am (midnight)
2pm1am
3pm2am
4pm3am
5pm4am
6pm5am
7pm6am
8pm7am
9pm8am
10pm9am
11pm10am
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Ho Chi Minh City Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
ICT - Indochina Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+7:00 hours during Indochina Time, currently in use.

Ho Chi Minh City Facts

Country
Vietnam
Alternative Names
Cathair Ho Chi Minh, Cidade de Ho Chi Minh, Ciudad Ho Chi Minh, HCMC, HCMV, Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh Ville, Ho Chi Minh-borg, Ho Chi Minh-byen, Ho Chi Minhin kaupunki, Ho Chi Minhstad, Ho Ci Minovo Mesto, Ho Si Minh-varos, Ho Si Minh-város, Ho Či Minovo Město, Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt, Ho-Chi-Minh-Ville, Ho-Ci-Min-urbo, Ho-Ĉi-Min-urbo, Hociminovo Mesto, Hosimina, Hosiminh, Hočiminovo Mesto, Hošimina, Hošiminh, Hô Chi Minh Ville, Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville, Hồ Chí Minhin kaupunki, Khoshimin, Kota Ho Chi Minh, Kota Hồ Chí Minh, SGN, Sai Gon, Saigon, Saïgon, Sài Gòn, TPHCM, Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, hochimin, hochimin shi, hojjimin, hu zhi ming shi, hw z'y myn syty, mdynt hw tshy mynh, saigon, saygwn, Хошимин, הו צ'י מין סיטי, سايگون, مدينة هو تشي مينه, サイゴン, ホーチミン, ホーチミン市, 胡志明市, 호찌민, 호치민
Population
3,467,331
Currency
Dong (VND)
Geographic Coordinates
10° 49' N Latitude / 106° 37' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+84

Central Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

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

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

CST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Bahia_Banderas
  • America/Belize
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Chihuahua
  • 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/Ojinaga
  • 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