CST

Chicago winter setting

CST is the abbreviation for Central Standard Time, the time zone covering the central United States and parts of Canada and Mexico, six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time.

During daylight saving time, it becomes CDT (Central Daylight Time).

The meeting is at 3 p.m. CST.

timezone

Chicago

Major Illinois metropolis

Central Time · Illinois · Texas · Oklahoma · Kansas · Missouri · Iowa · Nebraska · Minnesota · Louisiana

timekeeping

UTC

Universal time standard

  • GMTGlobal time baseline
  • ZuluBantu language of Natal
  • atomic clockQuantum-vibration timekeeping device

synchronization · time signal · Greenwich · International Date Line · chronometry · horology · world clock · solar time · coordination · standardization

Categories
Opposites
US time zone geography

CSTEST

UTC minus five

PST · Eastern Time · Eastern Standard Time · Pacific Standard Time · MST

daylight vs standard time

CSTCDT

Midwestern summer hours

daylight saving time · summer time

global time zone extremes

CSTGMT

Global time baseline

UTC

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