What is CST in GMT?
Greenwich Mean Time is 5 hours ahead
Central Time is on UTC−5:00 and Greenwich Mean Time is on UTC+0:00 right now. Central Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read CDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Chicago
- 9:13 pm
- Time in Greenwich
- 2:13 am
- Difference
- +5 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
GMT — Greenwich Mean Time
2:00 am
Wed, the next day
When the difference changes
Central Time and Greenwich Mean Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:
- Now – November 1, 2026Greenwich Mean Time is 5 hours ahead
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Greenwich Mean Time is 6 hours ahead
- March 14, 2027 – onwardsGreenwich Mean Time is 5 hours ahead
Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.
Daylight saving
Central Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CST.
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time stays on GMT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
CST to GMT conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Central Time to Greenwich Mean Time. 5 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Greenwich, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CDT
- 5:00 am GMT
- 1:00 am CDT
- 6:00 am GMT
- 2:00 am CDT
- 7:00 am GMT
- 3:00 am CDT
- 8:00 am GMT
- 4:00 am CDT
- 9:00 am GMT
- 5:00 am CDT
- 10:00 am GMT
- 6:00 am CDT
- 11:00 am GMT
- 7:00 am CDT
- 12:00 pm GMT
- 8:00 am CDT
- 1:00 pm GMT
- 9:00 am CDT
- 2:00 pm GMT
- 10:00 am CDT
- 3:00 pm GMT
- 11:00 am CDT
- 4:00 pm GMT
- 12:00 pm CDT
- 5:00 pm GMT
- 1:00 pm CDT
- 6:00 pm GMT
- 2:00 pm CDT
- 7:00 pm GMT
- 3:00 pm CDT
- 8:00 pm GMT
- 4:00 pm CDT
- 9:00 pm GMT
- 5:00 pm CDT
- 10:00 pm GMT
- 6:00 pm CDT
- 11:00 pm GMT
- 7:00 pm CDT
- 12:00 am GMT+1 day
- 8:00 pm CDT
- 1:00 am GMT+1 day
- 9:00 pm CDT
- 2:00 am GMT+1 day
- 10:00 pm CDT
- 3:00 am GMT+1 day
- 11:00 pm CDT
- 4:00 am GMT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm CDT, which is 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm GMT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
A note on CST: it can also mean China Standard Time (UTC+8) and Cuba Standard Time (UTC−5). This page means US Central Time.
Central Time (CDT) is used in Dallas, Houston, Mexico City and Winnipeg
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is used in as a fixed UTC+0 offset. Note that the UK itself leaves GMT every summer — see British Time below.