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CST time now
Central Time is CST (UTC−6) in standard time and CDT (UTC−5) while daylight saving time is on. The clock above shows the time there right now. US Central Time (Chicago), CDT in summer. China Standard Time is also written CST; that is a different zone, UTC+8.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- UTC−6 / UTC−5
- Abbreviation
- CST / CDT
- Daylight saving
- Yes
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- 2Drag the hours: every clock moves together
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Clock changes in 2026 and 2027
- Sun 8 Mar 2026: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 am, to CDT (UTC−5)
- Sun 1 Nov 2026: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 am, to CST (UTC−6)
- Sun 14 Mar 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 am, to CDT (UTC−5)
- Sun 7 Nov 2027: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 am, to CST (UTC−6)
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