Current time in Central Time

05:19:37

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

CDT (UTC-05:00)Daylight Saving Time

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Time zone information for Central Time

UTC -5

Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)

▪Time in Central Time is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.

▪The IANA time zone identifier for Central Time is America/Chicago.

March8Sunday2026

Latest change: Daylight saving time started

▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

November1Sunday2026

Next change: Standard time begins

▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference

from Central Time

Los Angeles

−2h−2 hrs•