This zone includes major cities such as Mexico City with a population of 12 million people. The military uses this time zone and designates it with an "S" which stands for "Sierra." it is used in the following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador, and the United States.
This zone is 6 hours behind Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) and is written as UTC -6:00. Let's examine each time zone in more detail: During DST, both of these time zones are in different slots: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and Central Daylight Time (EDT) respectively. Always add one hour to the Central time to convert to the Eastern one.īoth of these locations observe Daylight Saving Time, therefore there is a period of each year from March until November where the clocks are moved forward an hour. If it's 5:00 P.M in the CST zone, then it is 6:00 P.M in the EST zone. The Eastern zone is one hour ahead of the Central zone.
When converting between these two zones, it's best to remember that these two time zones are adjacent to one another, meaning they are exactly an hour off from each other. Also, tables are available for easy reference to various conversions as you see fit. In this case we're talking about converting Central Standard Time to Eastern Standard Time.īeyond this convenient tool, we also have live clocks for both of these areas that adjust for factors like Daylight Saving Time.
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