Central time or Central Standard Time is the time zone which includes Central America, some territories of Mexico, some Islands of Carebian & Pacific Ocean. CST is 6 hrs behind Universal Coordinated Time.
All the territories and Islands included in this time zone use Daylight Saving Time. Daylight Saving Time for this zone is called CDT(Central Daylight Time) This time Zone lags behind by 6 hrs during standard days and by 5 hrs during CDT days.
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| Country: | USA/Canada/Mexico |
| Time zone abbreviation: | CST |
| Time zone name: | Central Time |
| Time offset: | UTC/GMT-06:00 |
| Observe DST: | Yes |
Central Standard Time (North America) is six hours behind UTC global time. CST currently is on 9th Monday, May 2022. Time in CST is currently 9 May 2022. (CST).