CST to UTC converter

Central Time (CST) is UTC−6 and observes daylight saving (CDT, UTC−5, roughly March–November). It covers Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Minneapolis.

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is UTC+0 with no daylight saving. It covers the global reference used in aviation, computing and science.

Coordinated Universal Time is typically 6 hours ahead of Central Time, though daylight saving can shift the difference by an hour at some times of year.

Best time to call Coordinated Universal Time from Central Time

Office hours overlap for about 2 hours a day: 9:00 AM–11:00 AM in Central Time is 3:00 PM–5:00 PM in Coordinated Universal Time. Book calls inside this window and nobody is out of hours. Daylight saving can shift these times by an hour at some points in the year.