Daylight Saving Time

• Central Daylight Saving Time (CDT) starts on the second Sunday of March (The clock went forward by one hour).
• CDT ends on the first Sunday of November (The clock time will go back one hour).
• Central Standard Time (CST) is used during the remainder of the year.

• CST - Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
• CDT - Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

• Alabama,
• Arkansas,
• Florida (part),
• Illinois,
• Indiana (part),
• Iowa,
• Kansas (part),
• Kentucky (part),
• Louisiana,
• Michigan (part),
• Minnesota,
• Mississippi,
• Missouri,
• Nebraska (part),
• North Dakota (part),
• Oklahoma,
• South Dakota (part),
• Tennessee (part),
• Texas (most), and
• Wisconsin

Find below the US Cities in the Central Time Zone. All observe DST rules

• Houston
• Dallas
• Chicago
• Dalas, Texas
• New Orleans
• Oklahoma City
• Kansas City
• Minneapolis

The IANA time zone identifiers for Central Time are

• America/Chicago,
• America/Indiana/Knox,
• America/Indiana/Tell_City,
• America/Menominee,
• America/North_Dakota/Beulah,
• America/North_Dakota/Center and
• America/North_Dakota/New_Salem.