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Specific time, zone to zone

12:00 pm EST to CST — 11:00 am CST

12:00 pm Eastern Time (EST) is 11:00 am Central Time (CST) while both regions are on standard time. Neither zone changes this result during the year, so the same answer holds in January and in July.

Standard time

11:00 am

Applies while neither zone is on daylight saving — broadly November to March in the northern hemisphere.

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How the two zones line up

Eastern Time runs at UTC−5 in winter and UTC−4 in summer. Central Time runs at UTC−6 and UTC−5 respectively. Take the difference between the two, add it to 12:00 pm, and you get the local time on the other side.

Daylight saving

Neither zone changes its offset relative to the other during the year, so this conversion is stable in every month.

Where this conversion gets used

  • Coast-to-coast conference calls
  • all-hands scheduling
  • market open times
  • customer support shifts
  • flight connections

EST to CST — every hour

Both columns are computed from the IANA database, so they follow the real transition dates.

ESTCST — standard
12:00 am11:00 pm (previous day)
1:00 am12:00 am
2:00 am1:00 am
3:00 am2:00 am
4:00 am3:00 am
5:00 am4:00 am
6:00 am5:00 am
7:00 am6:00 am
8:00 am7:00 am
9:00 am8:00 am
10:00 am9:00 am
11:00 am10:00 am
12:00 pm11:00 am
1:00 pm12:00 pm
2:00 pm1:00 pm
3:00 pm2:00 pm
4:00 pm3:00 pm
5:00 pm4:00 pm
6:00 pm5:00 pm
7:00 pm6:00 pm
8:00 pm7:00 pm
9:00 pm8:00 pm
10:00 pm9:00 pm
11:00 pm10:00 pm

Questions people ask

11:00 am CST. The gap between the two zones does not change during the year, so this holds all year.

Related conversions

10:00 am EST to CST11:00 am EST to CST1:00 pm EST to CST2:00 pm EST to CST

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Booking something recurring?

A fixed clock time drifts when either side changes its clocks. Our guides explain how to stop that happening.

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