Central Time Zone

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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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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

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Linn County, Iowa timeZone Central Time Zone
Naval Air Station Whiting Field timezone Central Time Zone
central Texas timeZone Central Time Zone
subject surface form: Central Texas
Escambia County, Alabama timeZone Central Time Zone
Ellis County, Oklahoma timeZone Central Time Zone
northwestern Oklahoma timeZone Central Time Zone
subject surface form: Northwestern Oklahoma
San Luis Potosí locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Standard Time
San Luis Potosí locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
McComb, Mississippi, United States locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
subject surface form: McComb, Mississippi
Palos Hills, Illinois timeZone Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Standard Time
Palos Hills, Illinois timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Gulf Breeze, Florida timeZone Central Time Zone
Gulf Breeze, Florida timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana followsTimeZone Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Standard Time
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana observesDaylightSavingTime Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Colonia del Valle locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Standard Time
Colonia del Valle locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Raymore, Missouri timeZone Central Time Zone
Raymore, Missouri timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Davidson County timeZone Central Time Zone
Davidson County timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Houston Astrodome locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Lincoln, Nebraska timeZone Central Time Zone
Gary locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Barrington, Illinois timeZone Central Time Zone
Barrington, Illinois timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Grandview, Missouri locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Grandview, Missouri timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Bay County, Florida locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
subject surface form: Kosciusko, Mississippi
Monroeville, Alabama locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Norman, Oklahoma, United States timeZone Central Time Zone
subject surface form: Norman, Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma, United States timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
subject surface form: Norman, Oklahoma
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Downers Grove, Illinois locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Downers Grove, Illinois timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
Iowa City Public Library locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Iowa City metropolitan area timeZone Central Time Zone
Iowa City metropolitan area daylightSavingTimeZone Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
IC locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
subject surface form: Iowa City
eastern Iowa timeZone Central Time Zone
subject surface form: Eastern Iowa
Glen Ellyn, Illinois locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Glen Ellyn, Illinois timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Daylight Time
DuPage Airport timeZone Central Time Zone
Distrito Federal timeZone Central Time Zone
this entity surface form: Central Standard Time