ECT
CDT/CST
Central Daylight Time
GMT -5
CST automatically adjusted to CDT time zone, that is in use
Time Difference
Ecuador Time is 0 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time
11:30 am11:30 in ECT is 11:30 am11:30 in CDT
ECT to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm in ECT which corresponds to 8am-5pm in CST
11:30 am11:30 Ecuador Time (ECT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
11:30 am11:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
11:30 am11:30 ECT / 11:30 am11:30 CDT
ECT | CDT |
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12am (midnight) | 12am (midnight) |
1am | 1am |
2am | 2am |
3am | 3am |
4am | 4am |
5am | 5am |
6am | 6am |
7am | 7am |
8am | 8am |
9am | 9am |
10am | 10am |
11am | 11am |
12pm (noon) | 12pm (noon) |
1pm | 1pm |
2pm | 2pm |
3pm | 3pm |
4pm | 4pm |
5pm | 5pm |
6pm | 6pm |
7pm | 7pm |
8pm | 8pm |
9pm | 9pm |
10pm | 10pm |
11pm | 11pm |
0:00 | 0:00 |
1:00 | 1:00 |
2:00 | 2:00 |
3:00 | 3:00 |
4:00 | 4:00 |
5:00 | 5:00 |
6:00 | 6:00 |
7:00 | 7:00 |
8:00 | 8:00 |
9:00 | 9:00 |
10:00 | 10:00 |
11:00 | 11:00 |
12:00 | 12:00 |
13:00 | 13:00 |
14:00 | 14:00 |
15:00 | 15:00 |
16:00 | 16:00 |
17:00 | 17:00 |
18:00 | 18:00 |
19:00 | 19:00 |
20:00 | 20:00 |
21:00 | 21:00 |
22:00 | 22:00 |
23:00 | 23:00 |
Ecuador Time
Offset: ECT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America
![ECT to CST Converter - Savvy Time (1) ECT to CST Converter - Savvy Time (1)](https://i0.wp.com/savvytime.com/images/timezone/ect.png)
ECT representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for ECT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
![ECT to CST Converter - Savvy Time (2) ECT to CST Converter - Savvy Time (2)](https://i0.wp.com/savvytime.com/images/timezone/cst.png)
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
End: Central Standard Time (CST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone