What is EST in CST?
Central Time is 1 hour behind
Eastern Time is on UTC−4:00 and Central Time is on UTC−5:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read EDT and CDT. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.
- Time in New York
- 8:53 pm
- Time in Chicago
- 7:53 pm
- Difference
- −1 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
CDT — Central Time
7:00 pm
Tue
Daylight saving
Eastern Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming EST.
Central Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CST.
EST to CST conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Eastern Time to Central Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Chicago, which is marked.
- 12:00 am EDT
- 11:00 pm CDT−1 day
- 1:00 am EDT
- 12:00 am CDT
- 2:00 am EDT
- 1:00 am CDT
- 3:00 am EDT
- 2:00 am CDT
- 4:00 am EDT
- 3:00 am CDT
- 5:00 am EDT
- 4:00 am CDT
- 6:00 am EDT
- 5:00 am CDT
- 7:00 am EDT
- 6:00 am CDT
- 8:00 am EDT
- 7:00 am CDT
- 9:00 am EDT
- 8:00 am CDT
- 10:00 am EDT
- 9:00 am CDT
- 11:00 am EDT
- 10:00 am CDT
- 12:00 pm EDT
- 11:00 am CDT
- 1:00 pm EDT
- 12:00 pm CDT
- 2:00 pm EDT
- 1:00 pm CDT
- 3:00 pm EDT
- 2:00 pm CDT
- 4:00 pm EDT
- 3:00 pm CDT
- 5:00 pm EDT
- 4:00 pm CDT
- 6:00 pm EDT
- 5:00 pm CDT
- 7:00 pm EDT
- 6:00 pm CDT
- 8:00 pm EDT
- 7:00 pm CDT
- 9:00 pm EDT
- 8:00 pm CDT
- 10:00 pm EDT
- 9:00 pm CDT
- 11:00 pm EDT
- 10:00 pm CDT
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EDT, which is 9:00 am to 5:00 pm CDT. 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.
Eastern Time (EDT) is used in Toronto, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and most of the US east coast
Central Time (CDT) is used in Dallas, Houston, Mexico City and Winnipeg