IST Europe to CST
Time Difference
Irish Standard Time is 6 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time
3:00 am03:00 in IST is 9:00 pm21:00 in CDT
IST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-6pm in IST which corresponds to 8am-11am in CST
3:00 am03:00 Irish Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
9:00 pm21:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 IST / 9:00 pm21:00 CDT
IST | CDT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 6pm |
1am | 7pm |
2am | 8pm |
3am | 9pm |
4am | 10pm |
5am | 11pm |
6am | 12am (midnight) |
7am | 1am |
8am | 2am |
9am | 3am |
10am | 4am |
11am | 5am |
12pm (noon) | 6am |
1pm | 7am |
2pm | 8am |
3pm | 9am |
4pm | 10am |
5pm | 11am |
6pm | 12pm (noon) |
7pm | 1pm |
8pm | 2pm |
9pm | 3pm |
10pm | 4pm |
11pm | 5pm |
0:00 | 18:00 |
1:00 | 19:00 |
2:00 | 20:00 |
3:00 | 21:00 |
4:00 | 22:00 |
5:00 | 23:00 |
6:00 | 0:00 |
7:00 | 1:00 |
8:00 | 2:00 |
9:00 | 3:00 |
10:00 | 4:00 |
11:00 | 5:00 |
12:00 | 6:00 |
13:00 | 7:00 |
14:00 | 8:00 |
15:00 | 9:00 |
16:00 | 10:00 |
17:00 | 11:00 |
18:00 | 12:00 |
19:00 | 13:00 |
20:00 | 14:00 |
21:00 | 15:00 |
22:00 | 16:00 |
23:00 | 17:00 |
Irish Standard Time
Offset: IST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Ireland
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Dublin from Ireland with population about 1.024 million people. Other major cities in the area are Cork, Dun Laoghaire, Luimneach, Gaillimh

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: Irish Standard Time (IST) started on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of October.
End: Irish Standard Time (IST) ends on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of March.
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for IST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Eire
- Europe/Dublin
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
End: Central Standard Time (CST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone