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Caribbean time zones:

CST – Cuba Standard Time

Important

CST is currently not observed because locations are on Daylight Saving Time.

During this time of year, locations on CST are now on CDT (Cuba Daylight Time) instead.

Currently no cities are observing CST

Locations going to CST later

Current time in Havana: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 3:29:49 PM CDT
Havana will stay on CDT until Sunday, November 3, 2013 going to CST

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We recommend looking up by location name, not time zone name.

Time zone offset: UTC - 5 hours

CST is 5 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Note that during summer daylight saving time/summer time is observed, and CDT is used instead.

Time zone abbreviation: CST

Full name is Cuba Standard Time

Email time zone indicator: -0500

An email sent from someone in the CST time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0500" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0500" 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?

Areas using CST in the winter and CDT during the summer

Cuba

Time zone maps are under development and will be available later

Example location in CST

Havana - This time zone offset is used during winter in this location

Other time zones in Caribbean

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

AST - Atlantic Standard Time
CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time