UTC−06:00
UTC−06:00 ~ 90 degrees W – all year
Areas in a darker shade use daylight saving time. The base color shows the standard time.
Meridians
Central
90 degrees W
Western border (nautical)
97.5 degrees W
Eastern border (nautical)
82.5 degrees W
Other
Date-time group (DTG)
S
External links
UTC−6: Blue (January), Orange (July), Yellow (all year round), Light Blue – Sea areas
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.
Central Standard Time (Northern Hemisphere winter) [ edit ] 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 United States Mexico
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
(except Baja California , Baja California Sur , Chihuahua , Nayarit , Sinaloa , and Sonora )
Mountain Daylight Time (Northern Hemisphere summer) [ edit ]
Canada United States Mexico
As standard time (all year round) [ edit ] Central America [ edit ] East Pacific [ edit ] North America [ edit ] Easter Island Standard Time (Southern Hemisphere winter) [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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