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PrintStandard time and daylight time is observed by this time zone; CST Central Standard Time is 6 hours behind of UTC/GMT time and CDT Central Daylight Time is behind by 5 hours.
| Central Standard Time: | ||
|---|---|---|
Friday December 13th 9:43pm CST |
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| Status: | Time Zone: | UTC/GMT Offset: | Being Observed |
CST | -06:00 |
| Central Daylight Time: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Status: | Time Zone: | UTC/GMT Offset: | Not Being Observed | CDT | -05:00 |
| Year: | CDT Begins: | CDT Ends: |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday March 8th | Sunday November 1st |
| 2025 | Sunday March 9th | Sunday November 2nd |
| 2024 | Sunday March 10th | Sunday November 3rd |
| 2023 | Sunday March 12th | Sunday November 5th |
| 2022 | Sunday March 13th | Sunday November 6th |
Areas in Canada which observe the Central Time Zone
Province of Manitoba, western Nunavut and a portion of Ontario near Manitoba observe CST and CDT.
Most of Saskatchewan observes CST year round except for Lloydminster which observes Mountain time.
- Aguascalientes
- Campeche
- Chiapas
- Coahuila
- Colima
- Durango
- Guanajuato
- Guerrero
- Hidalgo
- Jalisco
- Mexico
- Michoacán
- Morelos
- Nuevo León
- Oaxaca
- Puebla
- Querétaro
- San Luis Potosí
- Tabasco
- Tamaulipas
- Tlaxcala
- Veracruz
- Yucatán
- Zacatecas
All of the above Mexican states observe CST as well as CDT
- Alabama (except for Lanett, Phenix City, Smiths Station and Valley)
- Arkansas
- Florida Panhandle (Apalachicola River near Alabama border)
- Illinois
- Indiana (near the border of Illinois and Kentucky)
- Iowa
- Kansas (except for Sherman, Wallace, Greeley and Hamilton counties)
- Kentucky (areas west of Louisville, KY and near the Nashville, TN metropolitan area)
- Louisiana
- Michigan (except for counties which border Wisconsin)
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska (eastern parts)
- North Dakota (most of the state except for southwest areas near Montana and South Dakota)
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota (eastern part)
- Tennessee (mid and western area)
- Texas (except Hudspeth and El Paso counties)
- Wisconsin
All of the above US states observe CST as well as CDT
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