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What is WET in CST?

Central Time is 6 hours behind

Western European Time is on UTC+1:00 and Central Time is on UTC−5:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read WEST and CDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Lisbon
3:14 am
Time in Chicago
9:14 pm
Difference
−6 h
Next clock change
October 25, 2026

Convert a time

CDTCentral Time

9:00 pm

Tue, the previous day

When the difference changes

Western European Time and Central 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:

  1. NowOctober 25, 2026Central Time is 6 hours behind
  2. October 25, 2026November 1, 2026Central Time is 5 hours behind
  3. November 1, 2026March 14, 2027Central Time is 6 hours behind
  4. March 14, 2027March 28, 2027Central Time is 5 hours behind
  5. March 28, 2027onwardsCentral Time is 6 hours behind

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

Western European Time

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming WET.

Central Time

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CST.

WET to CST conversion table

Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Western European Time to Central Time. 6 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Chicago, which is marked.

12:00 am WEST
6:00 pm CDT−1 day
1:00 am WEST
7:00 pm CDT−1 day
2:00 am WEST
8:00 pm CDT−1 day
3:00 am WEST
9:00 pm CDT−1 day
4:00 am WEST
10:00 pm CDT−1 day
5:00 am WEST
11:00 pm CDT−1 day
6:00 am WEST
12:00 am CDT
7:00 am WEST
1:00 am CDT
8:00 am WEST
2:00 am CDT
9:00 am WEST
3:00 am CDT
10:00 am WEST
4:00 am CDT
11:00 am WEST
5:00 am CDT
12:00 pm WEST
6:00 am CDT
1:00 pm WEST
7:00 am CDT
2:00 pm WEST
8:00 am CDT
3:00 pm WEST
9:00 am CDT
4:00 pm WEST
10:00 am CDT
5:00 pm WEST
11:00 am CDT
6:00 pm WEST
12:00 pm CDT
7:00 pm WEST
1:00 pm CDT
8:00 pm WEST
2:00 pm CDT
9:00 pm WEST
3:00 pm CDT
10:00 pm WEST
4:00 pm CDT
11:00 pm WEST
5:00 pm CDT

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm WEST, which is 9:00 am to 12:00 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.

Western European Time (WEST) is used in Portugal, Ireland and the Canary Islands

Central Time (CDT) is used in Dallas, Houston, Mexico City and Winnipeg

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