Central Daylight Time Zone | central daylight time meaning
CentralDaylightTimeisfivehoursbehindtheCoordinatedUniversalTimestandard,writtenasanoffsetofUTC-5.Thatmeanstofindthestandardtimeinthezone,youmustsubtractfivehoursfromtheCoordinatedUniversalTime.TerritoriesobservingthetimezoneareprimarilyinthemiddleofNorthAmericaandCentralAmerica.ItrunsthroughthecentralpartsofCanada,theUnitedStatesandmostofMexicoandalsoencompassesCentralAmerica,theCaribbeanIslandsandpartoftheEasternPacificOcean.TheUnitedStatesandCanadaactuallyrefertothiszoneastheCentralDayligh...
Central Daylight Time is five hours behind the Coordinated Universal Time standard, written as an offset of UTC - 5. That means to find the standard time in the zone, you must subtract five hours from the Coordinated Universal Time.
Territories observing the time zone are primarily in the middle of North America and Central America. It runs through the central parts of Canada, the United States and most of Mexico and also encompasses Central America, the Caribbean Islands and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The United States and Canada actually refer to this zone as the Central Daylight Saving Time Zone or CDST.
During fall to winter months Central Standard Time[1] is used, and then during Daylight Saving (spring to summer months) Central Daylight Time or CDT is used.
Locations in the Central Daylight Time ZoneThe following areas are included in the time zone:
Exceptions
Some areas are split, which means that one portion of a t...