UTC to CST Central America

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated is 6 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in UTC is 11:30 am11:30 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

5:30 pm17:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
11:30 am11:30 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 UTC / 11:30 am11:30 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

Central Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Central 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: Central Standard Time (CST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore CST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Central Standard Time remains the same

CST representations, usage and related time zones