Central American time zones:

CST – Central Standard Time

Time zone offset: UTC - 6 hours

CST is 6 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Time zone abbreviations: CST, HNC

Full name is Central Standard Time
HNC – Heure Normale du Centre (French)
CST – Tiempo Central Estándar (Spanish)

Email time zone indicator: -0600

An email sent from someone in the CST time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0600" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0600" does not have to be in CST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples below

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Where and when is CST observed?

CST is used all year

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua

Time zone maps are under development and will be available later

Example location in CST

• Guatemala - This time zone offset is used all year in this location

Other time zones in Central America

Go directly through the links below, or see the Central America time zone list

• EST - Eastern Standard Time

Time zones in other regions

• Africa
• Antarctica
• Asia
• Atlantic
• Australia
• Caribbean
• Europe
• Indian Ocean
• Military
• North America
• Pacific
• South America

Related links

• Time zone abbreviations world-wide
• The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
• The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones