CST to EST Converter
Eastern Time is 1 hour ahead of Central Time. Enter a time to convert, or see the current time in both zones.
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What is the time difference between CST and EST?
What is the time difference between CST and EST? Eastern Time is 1 hour ahead of Central Time. Both zones switch to daylight saving on the same dates, so the one-hour difference holds all year.
Standard and daylight time in Central Time and Eastern Time
Strictly, CST and EST are the winter (standard) names. In summer the zones use daylight time names such as CDT and EDT. People often say "CST" all year, so this page converts using the real rules for each date: America/Chicago and America/New_York in the IANA time zone database.
Frequently asked questions
Does daylight saving change the CST to EST difference?
Both zones switch to daylight saving on the same dates, so the one-hour difference holds all year.
Which time zone database is used?
Your browser's built-in copy of the IANA time zone database, which is updated with browser releases.
More time zones
See all- Time Zone ConverterConvert any time between any two zones.
- EST to PSTEastern Time to Pacific Time, with DST handled.
- EST to CSTEastern Time to Central Time, with DST handled.
- PST to CSTPacific Time to Central Time, with DST handled.
- UTC to ESTCoordinated Universal Time to Eastern Time, with DST handled.
- MST to ESTMountain Time to Eastern Time, with DST handled.
- CST to PSTCentral Time to Pacific Time, with DST handled.
- EST to GMTEastern Time to Greenwich Mean Time, with DST handled.