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UTC−06:00 World map with the time zone highlighted
UTC UTC±00:00 15:29, 9 May 2024 UTC−06:00 [refresh ] DST is observed throughout this time zone.
UTC−6: Blue (January), Orange (July), Yellow (all year round), Light Blue – Sea areas Time in Nunavut Standard DST GMT−05:00 GMT−04:00 Eastern Time GMT−05:00 (year round) Eastern Time GMT−06:00 GMT−05:00 Central Time GMT−07:00 GMT−06:00 Mountain Time
Time in Indiana : Counties grouped by time zone. Lake Michigan shown in blue at top left. Time in Mexico UTC−06:00 is a time offset that subtracts 6 hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
In North America, it is observed in the Central Time Zone during standard time , and in the Mountain Time Zone during the other 8 months (see Daylight saving time ). Several Latin American countries and a few other places use it year round.
As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter) North America CST is standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in North America in some parts of Canada, Mexico and the United States.[1]
Canada - Central Time Zone
United States - Central Time Zone
Alabama , Arkansas , Illinois , Iowa , Louisiana , Minnesota , Mississippi , Missouri , Wisconsin , Oklahoma most of Kansas , Nebraska , North Dakota , South Dakota , most of Tennessee , most of Texas
western portions of Florida , Indiana , Kentucky , Michigan
small portions of Indiana
Mexico - Central Zone
(except Baja California , Baja California Sur , Chihuahua , Nayarit , Quintana Roo , Sinaloa , and Sonora ) As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer) North America As standard time (all year round) North America Central America East Pacific See also
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