# Eastern Time (EST) is 1 hour ahead of Central Time (CST). The time right now Eastern Time 9:08 AM EDT Monday, October 26, 2026 Central Time 8:08 AM CDT Monday, October 26, 2026 To convert EST to CST, subtract 1 hour. To convert CST to EST, add 1 hour. Difference 1 hour Next change Never Work overlap 7 hours ## Change the date or the time to convert any moment from EST to CST. Date Time From time zoneEastern Time (ET)Central Time (CT)Mountain Time (MT)Arizona (Mountain, no daylight saving)Pacific Time (PT)Alaska Time (AKT)Hawaii Time (HT)Atlantic Time (AT)Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)London (UK)Dublin (Ireland)Paris, Berlin, Madrid (Central Europe)Athens (Eastern Europe)Lagos (Nigeria)Dubai (UAE)India (IST)Manila (Philippines)SingaporeTokyo (Japan)Sydney (Australia)Mexico CityToronto (Canada, Eastern)Bogotá (Colombia)São Paulo (Brazil) The zone the time above is in. Daylight saving is applied for the date you pick. Add a time zoneChoose a zone to addMountain Time (MT)Arizona (Mountain, no daylight saving)Pacific Time (PT)Alaska Time (AKT)Hawaii Time (HT)Atlantic Time (AT)Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)London (UK)Dublin (Ireland)Paris, Berlin, Madrid (Central Europe)Athens (Eastern Europe)Lagos (Nigeria)Dubai (UAE)India (IST)Manila (Philippines)SingaporeTokyo (Japan)Sydney (Australia)Mexico CityToronto (Canada, Eastern)Bogotá (Colombia)São Paulo (Brazil) Up to 12 zones. Remove one with the × beside it. New York · Eastern Time (ET) 9:00 AM EDT Monday, October 26, 2026 teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter The same moment on other clocks - Chicago Central Time (CT) 8:00 AM CDT Before 9 AM × Copy resultsCopy link Working hours in common 7 hours inside 9 AM to 5 PM on every clock: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM New York time. Mon, Oct 26, 2026, midnight to midnight on New York time. Each bar shades 9 AM to 5 PM on that zone's own clock. 12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM New York (from) Chicago Everyone at work See which of your own people may be leaving, before they hand in notice. [Start 30-Day Free Trial](https://app.teampredict.ai/signup) ## Here is every hour of the day in EST and the same moment in CST. The green rows are the hours when both zones are inside 9 AM to 5 PM. The row marked Now is the hour it is in Eastern Time right now. Each hour of the day in EST with the same moment in CST In EST In CST At work 12:00 AM 11:00 PM\-1 day Neither at work 1:00 AM 12:00 AM Neither at work 2:00 AM 1:00 AM Neither at work 3:00 AM 2:00 AM Neither at work 4:00 AM 3:00 AM Neither at work 5:00 AM 4:00 AM Neither at work 6:00 AM 5:00 AM Neither at work 7:00 AM 6:00 AM Neither at work 8:00 AM 7:00 AM Neither at work 9:00 AMNow 8:00 AM EST at work 10:00 AM 9:00 AM Both at work 11:00 AM 10:00 AM Both at work 12:00 PM 11:00 AM Both at work 1:00 PM 12:00 PM Both at work 2:00 PM 1:00 PM Both at work 3:00 PM 2:00 PM Both at work 4:00 PM 3:00 PM Both at work 5:00 PM 4:00 PM CST at work 6:00 PM 5:00 PM Neither at work 7:00 PM 6:00 PM Neither at work 8:00 PM 7:00 PM Neither at work 9:00 PM 8:00 PM Neither at work 10:00 PM 9:00 PM Neither at work 11:00 PM 10:00 PM Neither at work ## A team split between ET and CT is at work together for 7 hours a day. Taking 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock as the working day, both zones are at work from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST (9:00 AM to 4:00 PM CST). _Figure: A day on EST clocks with EST and CST working hours, 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock. They share 7 hours._ One day on EST clocks, with the same moments read on CST clocks underneath. A team spread across two time zones has fewer chances to notice someone drifting away. TeamPredict reads public LinkedIn signals to flag resignation risk early, wherever people work. ## The gap between EST and CST stays at 1 hour all year. Both zones are in the United States and move their clocks on the same two Sundays, so the gap holds. _Figure: The gap between EST and CST is 1 hour on every day of 2026 and 2027._ Each bar is one calendar year, January on the left. Days are coloured by the gap between EST and CST. ### These are the clock changes of both zones in 2026 and 2027. Clock changes of Eastern Time and Central Time in 2026 and 2027 Date What changes Gap after Sunday, March 8, 2026 - Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT. - Central Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM CDT. 1 hour Sunday, November 1, 2026 - Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST. - Central Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM CST. 1 hour Sunday, March 14, 2027 - Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT. - Central Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM CDT. 1 hour Sunday, November 7, 2027 - Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST. - Central Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM CST. 1 hour ## EST stands for Eastern Time and CST for Central Time on this page. Eastern Time is EST (UTC−5) in winter and EDT (UTC−4) in summer. People write EST all year, and this page does too; the clock reads EDT right now. It moves its clocks forward at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November. Central Time is CST (UTC−6) in winter and CDT (UTC−5) in summer. People write CST all year, and this page does too; the clock reads CDT right now. It moves its clocks forward at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November. ## These nearby time zone pairs show the time right now too. - [CST to EST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/cst-to-est) - [EST to PST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-pst) - [EST to MST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-mst) - [EST to IST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-ist) - [EST to GMT](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-gmt) - [EST to UTC](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-utc) - [EST to CET](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-cet) The [time zone converter](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter) reads one moment on up to 12 clocks, the [military time converter](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/military-time-converter) turns 24-hour times into AM and PM, and the [time duration calculator](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-duration-calculator) measures the hours between two moments. ## Here are four questions about EST to CST, answered. What is 9 AM EST in CST? 9:00 AM EST is 8:00 AM CST, and 5:00 PM EST is 4:00 PM CST. What is the time difference between EST and CST? Eastern Time (EST) is 1 hour ahead of Central Time (CST). The gap between EST and CST stays at 1 hour all year. Both zones are in the United States and move their clocks on the same two Sundays, so the gap holds. The next clock change is Sunday, November 1, 2026. Does the gap between EST and CST ever change? Only briefly. On Sunday, November 1, 2026, each zone moves at 2:00 AM by its own clock, so for 1 hour the two clocks show the same time. The rest of the year it stays 1 hour. The United States moves its clocks on these days. In 2026: Mar 8 and Nov 1. In 2027: Mar 14 and Nov 7. What is a good time for a meeting between EST and CST? 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST (9:00 AM to 4:00 PM CST) is 7 hours when both sides are inside 9 AM to 5 PM, so a meeting there starts and ends in everyone's normal day. ## Turnover is cheaper to prevent than to calculate. 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