UTC to CST Converter
Time Difference
Universal Time Coordinated is 6 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
7:30 am07:30 in UTC is 1:30 am01:30 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
7:30 am07:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
1:30 am01:30 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
7:30 am07:30 UTC / 1:30 am01:30 CST
| UTC | CST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 6pm |
| 1am | 7pm |
| 2am | 8pm |
| 3am | 9pm |
| 4am | 10pm |
| 5am | 11pm |
| 6am | 12am (midnight) |
| 7am | 1am |
| 8am | 2am |
| 9am | 3am |
| 10am | 4am |
| 11am | 5am |
| 12pm (noon) | 6am |
| 1pm | 7am |
| 2pm | 8am |
| 3pm | 9am |
| 4pm | 10am |
| 5pm | 11am |
| 6pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 7pm | 1pm |
| 8pm | 2pm |
| 9pm | 3pm |
| 10pm | 4pm |
| 11pm | 5pm |
| 0:00 | 18:00 |
| 1:00 | 19:00 |
| 2:00 | 20:00 |
| 3:00 | 21:00 |
| 4:00 | 22:00 |
| 5:00 | 23:00 |
| 6:00 | 0:00 |
| 7:00 | 1:00 |
| 8:00 | 2:00 |
| 9:00 | 3:00 |
| 10:00 | 4:00 |
| 11:00 | 5:00 |
| 12:00 | 6:00 |
| 13:00 | 7:00 |
| 14:00 | 8:00 |
| 15:00 | 9:00 |
| 16:00 | 10:00 |
| 17:00 | 11:00 |
| 18:00 | 12:00 |
| 19:00 | 13:00 |
| 20:00 | 14:00 |
| 21:00 | 15:00 |
| 22:00 | 16:00 |
| 23:00 | 17:00 |
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
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
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
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: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on second Sunday of March.
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/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
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone