Also known as: CDST – Central Daylight Saving Time, NACDT – North American Central Daylight Time
Central Daylight Time (CDT) is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: North America.
Where and When is CDT Observed?
North America
U.S. states using CDT in the summer and CST in the winter:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida - North-West parts
- Illinois
- Indiana - these few north-western counties near Chicago (Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, Jasper, Starke) and these south-western counties in Indiana near Evansville
- Iowa
- Kansas - except these western counties
- Kentucky - Western part
- Louisiana
- Michigan - A few western counties
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska - Eastern parts
- North Dakota - North and Eastern parts
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota - Eastern parts
- Tennessee - Western part
- Texas - All, but a few counties in west
- Wisconsin
Canadian provinces using CDT in the summer and CST in the winter:
- Manitoba
- Ontario - most parts west of 90 West. (Parts east of 90 West is on EST/EDT)
- Saskatchewan - only Creighton and Denare Beach
Mexican states using CDT in the summer and CST in the winter:
Other Time Zones in UTC -5
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as CDT, but can be found under a different name: