Central Time now
MondayApril 62026
Easter Monday
×
Time zone: Central Time (CT)
UTC -5
always same time as Minneapolis
- From 1 November 2026: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
- The IANA time zone identifiers for Central Time are America/ChicagoAmerica/Indiana/KnoxAmerica/Indiana/Tell_CityAmerica/MenomineeAmerica/North_Dakota/BeulahAmerica/North_Dakota/CenterAmerica/North_Dakota/New_SalemAmerica/Rainy_RiverAmerica/Rankin_InletAmerica/ResoluteAmerica/WinnipegAmerica/Matamoros and America/Ojinaga.
Sunday March 8 2026
Latest change: Summer time started
- Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.
Sunday November 1 2026
Next change: Winter time starts
- Switching to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.
Time difference
from Central Time
| Los Angeles | −2 hours | −2 hours |
| Chicago | 0 | |
| New York | +1 hours | |
| Toronto | +1 hours | |
| São Paulo | +2 hours | |
| UTC | +5 hours | |
| Lagos | +6 hours | |
| London | +6 hours | |
| Cairo | +7 hours | |
| Johannesburg | +7 hours | |
| Paris | +7 hours | |
| Zurich | +7 hours | |
| Istanbul | +8 hours | |
| Moscow | +8 hours | |
| Dubai | +9 hours | |
| Mumbai | +10.5 hours | |
| Hong Kong | +13 hours | |
| Shanghai | +13 hours | |
| Singapore | +13 hours | |
| Tokyo | +14 hours | |
| Sydney | +15 hours |
