Caribbean time zones:
CST – Cuba Standard Time
Current time in Havana
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 9:40:08 PM CST
Havana will stay on CST until Midnight between Saturday, April 6, 2013 and Sunday, April 7, 2013when clocks are moved to Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 01:00:00CDT
Find local time and time zone for a location
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 TimeEmail 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 belowWhere and when is CST observed?
Areas using CST in the winter and CDT during the summer
- Cuba
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
Time zones in other regions
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Australia
- Central America
- 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
