Central Time (CST/CDT)

View current time now in the Central Time Zone (USA and Canada)

Daylight Saving Time (DST) rules and GMT/UTC time difference

View current Central Time, compare it with your local time

Central Time

9:05:12

Oct 23, 2026 CDT (DST)

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Local

15:05:12

Oct 23, 2026 GMT+1 (DST)

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USA & Canada clocks are currently on Daylight Saving Time (GMT-6).

DST ends in 10 days on Monday, 2 November 2026.

Current time in Pacific, Mountain and Eastern USA time zones

PDT

07:05

Fri, 23 Oct PDT (DST)

MDT

08:05

Fri, 23 Oct MDT (DST)

EDT

10:05

Fri, 23 Oct EDT (DST)

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Choose two USA time zones and view how many hours apart they are, such as Central and Eastern.

Other options:Central and Pacific and Central and Mountain.

What is Central Time ?

Central Time (CT) is the name of a time zone 6 hours (GMT-6) behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). It is one of the main time zones used in USA and Canada. When Daylight Saving Time is not in use, Central Time is referred to as Central Standard Time or CST. During the DST period, the time difference switches to 5 hours (GMT-5) behind GMT and Central Time becomes Central Daylight Time (CDT).

NB The Canadian province of Saskatchewan does not use Daylight Saving Time and remains on CST or GMT-6 all year.