WEST to CST Converter
WEST is NOT in use by many locations
WET (Western European Time) is used instead. Switch to WET time zone or select one of the cities Lisbon, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto for automatic timezone change.Time Difference
Western European Summer Time is 7 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
So 3:00 am03:00 in WEST is 8:00 pm20:00 in CST
3:00 am03:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 pm20:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 WEST / 8:00 pm20:00 CST
WEST | CST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 5pm |
1am | 6pm |
2am | 7pm |
3am | 8pm |
4am | 9pm |
5am | 10pm |
6am | 11pm |
7am | 12am (midnight) |
8am | 1am |
9am | 2am |
10am | 3am |
11am | 4am |
12pm (noon) | 5am |
1pm | 6am |
2pm | 7am |
3pm | 8am |
4pm | 9am |
5pm | 10am |
6pm | 11am |
7pm | 12pm (noon) |
8pm | 1pm |
9pm | 2pm |
10pm | 3pm |
11pm | 4pm |
0:00 | 17:00 |
1:00 | 18:00 |
2:00 | 19:00 |
3:00 | 20:00 |
4:00 | 21:00 |
5:00 | 22:00 |
6:00 | 23:00 |
7:00 | 0:00 |
8:00 | 1:00 |
9:00 | 2:00 |
10:00 | 3:00 |
11:00 | 4:00 |
12:00 | 5:00 |
13:00 | 6:00 |
14:00 | 7:00 |
15:00 | 8:00 |
16:00 | 9:00 |
17:00 | 10:00 |
18:00 | 11:00 |
19:00 | 12:00 |
20:00 | 13:00 |
21:00 | 14:00 |
22:00 | 15:00 |
23:00 | 16:00 |
Western European Summer Time
Offset: WEST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Spain, Faroe Islands, Portugal
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WEST timezone is Lisbon from Portugal with population about 517802 people. Other major cities in the area are Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Amadora
Daylight Saving: Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Western European Time (WET).
End: WEST ends annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, October 27, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
Start: WEST starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, March 29, 2020, at 1:00 (1:00 am) local time.
German: WESZ - Westeuropäische Sommerzeit

WEST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for WEST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Atlantic/Canary
- Atlantic/Faeroe
- Atlantic/Faroe
- Atlantic/Madeira
- Europe/Lisbon
- Portugal
- WET
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
- +01 -
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 -