Central Time Zone

E15434

time zone

The Central Time Zone is a North American time zone that covers much of the central United States and parts of Canada and Mexico, typically six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−6) and observing daylight saving time.

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All labels observed (33)

Label	Occurrences
Central Time Zone canonical	11,613
Central Daylight Time	5,571
Central Standard Time	2,646
Central Standard Time (UTC−6)	8
Central Time Zone of Mexico	5
North American Central Time Zone	4
Central Time	3
Central Time Zone (Mexico)	3
Central Time Zone (partly)	3
Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)	2
Central Standard Time (Mexico)	2
Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00)	2
United States Central Time Zone	2
America/Chicago	1
Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00)	1
Central Daylight Time (historically used in some periods)	1
Central Standard Time (North America)	1
Central Standard Time (no DST)	1
Central Time (Mexico)	1
Central Time Zone (North America)	1
Central Time Zone (administrative system)	1
Central Time Zone (historically, with local variations)	1
Central Time Zone (most areas)	1
Central Time Zone (northwest portion)	1
Central Time Zone (partly, historically and locally referenced)	1
Central Time Zone (primarily)	1
Central Time Zone (primary)	1
Central Time Zone (small portion historically observed)	1
Central Time Zone (standard time)	1
Central Time Zone (western counties)	1
Central Time Zone (western parts near Michigan boundary region)	1
Central Time in Mexico	1
Central_Standard_Time_(UTC−6)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	time zone ⓘ
adjacentTimeZoneEast	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
adjacentTimeZoneWest	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	CDT ⓘ CST ⓘ Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Standard Time
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Belize ⓘ Canada ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ El Salvador ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ Panama ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coversRegion	central United States ⓘ parts of Canada ⓘ parts of Mexico ⓘ
daylightAbbreviation	CDT ⓘ
DSTNotObservedIn	most of Saskatchewan ⓘ some parts of Central America ⓘ
followsDSTRule	second Sunday in March to first Sunday in November (most U.S. and Canada areas) ⓘ
governingBodyForRules	Canadian provincial governments ⓘ Government of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Mexican federal government United States Department of Transportation ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Transportation
IANAIdentifier	America/Bahia_Banderas ⓘ America/Belize ⓘ Central Time Zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: America/Chicago America/Costa_Rica ⓘ America/El_Salvador ⓘ America/Guatemala ⓘ America/Managua ⓘ America/Matamoros ⓘ America/Merida ⓘ America/Mexico_City ⓘ America/Monterrey ⓘ America/Rankin_Inlet ⓘ America/Regina ⓘ America/Tegucigalpa ⓘ America/Winnipeg ⓘ
observes	daylight saving time ⓘ
standardAbbreviation	CST ⓘ
timeInSummer	five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ
timeInWinter	six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ
usedFor	civil timekeeping ⓘ
UTCOffsetDST	UTC−05:00 ⓘ
UTCOffsetStandard	UTC−06:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (19,884)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago, Illinois, United States → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Chicago, Illinois, United States → daylightSavingTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Tennessee Valley Authority → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Lamar, Missouri, United States → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Lamar, Missouri

Lamar, Missouri, United States → timeZoneDST → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Lamar, Missouri

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Council Bluffs, Iowa

Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America → timeZoneDST → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Council Bluffs, Iowa

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Eastern Time Zone → adjacentTimeZoneWest → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Dallas, Texas → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Midwestern United States → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Chicago Transit Authority → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Kansas City, Missouri, United States → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Kansas City, Missouri

West Branch, Iowa, United States → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: West Branch, Iowa

West Branch, Iowa, United States → timeZoneDST → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: West Branch, Iowa

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Texas → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Florida → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Birmingham, Alabama, United States → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Birmingham, Alabama

Mexico City → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Standard Time

Mexico City → timeZoneDST → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Independence, Missouri, United States → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Independence, Missouri

Cresco, Iowa, United States → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Cresco, Iowa

Cresco, Iowa, United States → timeZoneStandard → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Cresco, Iowa

this entity surface form: Central Standard Time

Cresco, Iowa, United States → timeZoneDST → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Cresco, Iowa

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Cook County, Illinois → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Chicago Stock Exchange → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Dallas County, Texas → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

KRLD-TV → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Hodgenville, Kentucky → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

North American time zones → includesTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

DuPage County, Illinois → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Pella, Iowa → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Pella, Iowa → timeZoneDST → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Sioux County, Iowa → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

St. Louis, Missouri, United States → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

St. Louis, Missouri, United States → daylightSavingTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Urbana, Illinois, United States → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Urbana, Illinois, United States → timeZoneDST → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Hannibal, Missouri, United States → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Hannibal, Missouri

contiguous United States → timeZoneIncludes → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Alaska Time Zone → isThreeHoursBehind → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Birmingham City Council → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Memphis, Tennessee, United States → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Chicago Mercantile Exchange → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

Álvaro Obregón → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Standard Time

Álvaro Obregón → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

Magdalena Contreras → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Standard Time

Magdalena Contreras → locatedInTimeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time

KC → timeZone → Central Time Zone ⓘ

subject surface form: Kansas City, Missouri