Central
Central Time
Central Time covers a broad north-to-south band of the United States. It is UTC-06:00 in standard time and UTC-05:00 during daylight saving time.
Standard: UTC-06:00Daylight: UTC-05:00Observed throughout this zone
Time-zone facts
- Standard time
- CST · UTC-06:00
- Daylight time
- CDT · UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- Observed throughout this zone
- IANA identifiers
- America/Chicago, America/Indiana/Knox, America/Menominee, America/North_Dakota/Center
U.S. places in Central Time
20 U.S. states, districts, or territories are wholly or partly covered by this time zone.
States entirely in this zone
- Alabama time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Arkansas time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Illinois time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Iowa time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Louisiana time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Minnesota time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Mississippi time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Missouri time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Oklahoma time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Wisconsin time-zone coverage for Central Time
States partly in this zone
- Florida time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Indiana time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Kansas time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Kentucky time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Michigan time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Nebraska time-zone coverage for Central Time
- North Dakota time-zone coverage for Central Time
- South Dakota time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Tennessee time-zone coverage for Central Time
- Texas time-zone coverage for Central Time
Daylight saving time
Central Time uses CDT at UTC-05:00 where daylight saving time is observed.
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