UTC to CST Converter
Central Time is 6 hours behind UTC in winter (CST) and 5 hours behind in summer (CDT). Enter a time to convert, or see the current time in both zones.
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What is the time difference between UTC and CST?
What is the time difference between UTC and CST? Central Time is 6 hours behind UTC in winter (CST) and 5 hours behind in summer (CDT). UTC never changes for daylight saving, so the difference changes when US Central clocks change in March and November.
Standard and daylight time in Coordinated Universal Time and Central Time
UTC is the world's reference time and does not observe daylight saving. US Eastern Time uses EST (UTC−5) in winter and EDT (UTC−4) from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.
Frequently asked questions
Does daylight saving change the UTC to CST difference?
UTC never changes for daylight saving, so the difference changes when US Central clocks change in March and November.
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.
- CST to ESTCentral Time to Eastern Time, with DST handled.
- 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.