CST to EST converter
Central Time (CST) is typically 1 hours behind Eastern Time (EST).
Central Time → Eastern Time, hour by hour below.
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Central Time (CST) is UTC−6 and observes daylight saving (CDT, UTC−5, roughly March–November). It covers Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Minneapolis.
Eastern Time (EST) is UTC−5 and observes daylight saving (EDT, UTC−4, roughly March–November). It covers New York, Toronto, Miami and Atlanta.
Eastern Time is typically 1 hours ahead of Central Time, though daylight saving can shift the difference by an hour at some times of year.
Time difference between Central Time and Eastern Time
Eastern Time is typically 1 hours ahead of Central Time, though daylight saving can shift the difference by an hour at some times of year. Put the other way around: eastern Time (EST) is typically 1 hours ahead of Central Time (CST). The table above shows the difference hour by hour using today's actual offsets.
Best time to call Eastern Time from Central Time
Office hours overlap for about 7 hours a day: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM in Central Time is 10:00 AM–5:00 PM in Eastern Time. Book calls inside this window and nobody is out of hours. Daylight saving can shift these times by an hour at some points in the year.
CST to EST, hour by hour
Today's actual offsets. Rows where both zones are inside 9am–5pm working hours are highlighted.