The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone of North American Country Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Most North American countries have only a one-time zone for the entire country, so the time across the country is the same.
Central Standard Time is six hours behind the Coordinated Universal Time standard, written as an offset of UTC – 6:00. That means to find the standard time in the zone you must subtract six hours from Coordinated Universal Time.
Standard Time Zones in North America span from UTC – 3hours/30 minutes in Newfoundland Canada to UTC – 9 hours in Alaska. If Greenland and Hawaii are included in the description of North American time zones then the time zones span from UTC + 0 in Danmarkshavn Greenland to UTC -10 in Hawaii.
According to the Time Zone Map of North America, The largest city in the Central Time Zone is Mexico City; the Mexico City metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the zone and North America.
North American Time Zone Map
Lists of the North American Time Zone
Abbreviation | Full name | Other abbreviations | Timezone |
NST | Newfoundland Standard Time | HNT | UTC – 3:30 hours |
NDT | Newfoundland Daylight Time | HAT | UTC – 2:30 hours |
AST | Atlantic Standard Time | HNA | UTC – 4 hours |
ADT | Atlantic Daylight Time | HAA | UTC – 3 hours |
EST | Eastern Standard Time | HNE | UTC – 5 hours |
EDT | Eastern Daylight Time | HAE | UTC – 4 hours |
CST | Central Standard Time | HNC | UTC – 6 hours |
CDT | Central Daylight Time | HAC | UTC – 5 hours |
MST | Mountain Standard Time | HNR | UTC – 7 hours |
MDT | Mountain Daylight Time | HAR | UTC – 6 hours |
PST | Pacific Standard Time | HNP | UTC – 8 hours |
PDT | Pacific Daylight Time | HAP | UTC – 7 hours |
AKST | Alaska Standard Time | HNY | UTC – 9 hours |
AKDT | Alaska Daylight Time | HAY | UTC – 8 hours |
HAST | Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time | HST | UTC – 10 hours |
HADT | Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time | UTC – 9 hours |