CST time now
Monday, September 7, 2026
Central Standard Time.
- UTC offset
- UTC−6
- Time zone
- GMT-06:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Week
- 37
- Day of year
- 250 · 68%
- Moon
- 🌘 Waning crescent
- Unix time
- 1788831611
CST is the fixed winter offset, UTC−6. During daylight saving the US Central zone runs on CDT — see Central Time for the switching clock.
Time difference from CST
Los Angeles−1 hourDenver0Mexico City0Chicago+1 hourNew York+2 hoursToronto+2 hoursSão Paulo+3 hoursUTC+6 hoursLondon+7 hoursLagos+7 hoursParis+8 hoursJohannesburg+8 hoursCairo+9 hoursIstanbul+9 hoursMoscow+9 hoursDubai+10 hoursMumbai+11.5 hoursBangkok+13 hoursSingapore+14 hoursHong Kong+14 hoursTokyo+15 hoursSydney+16 hoursAuckland+18 hours