CT time now
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Central Time.
- UTC offset
- UTC−5
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- Clocks change
- Nov 1 · −1 h
- Week
- 43
- Day of year
- 295 · 81%
- Moon
- 🌔 Waxing gibbous
- Unix time
- 1792727660
Central Time switches between CST (UTC−6) in winter and CDT (UTC−5) in summer.
Time difference from CT
Los Angeles−2 hoursDenver−1 hourMexico City−1 hourChicago0New York+1 hourToronto+1 hourSão Paulo+2 hoursUTC+5 hoursLondon+6 hoursLagos+6 hoursParis+7 hoursJohannesburg+7 hoursCairo+8 hoursIstanbul+8 hoursMoscow+8 hoursDubai+9 hoursMumbai+10.5 hoursBangkok+12 hoursSingapore+13 hoursHong Kong+13 hoursTokyo+14 hoursSydney+16 hoursAuckland+18 hours