California, USA
PST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CST/CDT
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CDT automatically adjusted to CST time zone, that is in use

Time Difference

PST (Pacific Standard Time) is 2 hours behind Central Standard Time
4:00 am04:00 in San Diego, CA, USA is 6:00 am06:00 in CST

San Diego to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in San Diego which corresponds to 11am-5pm in CST

4:00 am04:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (San Diego, CA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

4:00 am04:00 San Diego, CA, USA / 6:00 am06:00 CST

San Diego, CA, USACST
12am (midnight)2am
1am3am
2am4am
3am5am
4am6am
5am7am
6am8am
7am9am
8am10am
9am11am
10am12pm (noon)
11am1pm
12pm (noon)2pm
1pm3pm
2pm4pm
3pm5pm
4pm6pm
5pm7pm
6pm8pm
7pm9pm
8pm10pm
9pm11pm
10pm12am (midnight)
11pm1am
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01:0003:00
02:0004:00
03:0005:00
04:0006:00
05:0007:00
06:0008:00
07:0009:00
08:0010:00
09:0011:00
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23:0001:00

San Diego Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
PST - Pacific Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-7:00 hours during Pacific Daylight Time, currently in use.
-8:00 hours during Pacific Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

San Diego Facts

Country
USA
State
California
Alternative Names
Davis' Folly, Didacopolis, Graytown, Lungsod ng San Diego, New San Diego, SAN, San Diegas, San Diego, San Diegu, San Dijego, San Diyego, San Diyégo, San Miguel, San Ntienko, San-Diego, San-Dieqo, San-Dyega, Sandjego, can tiyeko, saendiego, saendieigo, saina di'ego, san diyago, san dyyghw, san-diego, sana di'ego, sana diyago, sandiego, sena diyego, sheng de ya ge, sn dygw, sn dyygw, syana di'ego, Σαν Ντιέγκο, Сан Диего, Сан Дијего, Сан-Диего, Сан-Дыега, Сан-Дієго, Սան Դիեգո, סאן דיעגא, סן דייגו, سان دييغو, سان ڈیاگو, سان ڈیگو, سن دیگو, सॅन डियेगो, सैन डिएगो, स्यान डिएगो, সান ডিয়াগো, ਸਾਨ ਦੀਏਗੋ, சான் டியேகோ, శాన్ డియాగో, แซนดีเอโก, სან-დიეგო, ሳንዲየጎ, サンディエゴ, 聖地牙哥, 샌디에고, 샌디에이고
Population
1,394,928
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
32° 42' N Latitude / 117° 09' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

Central Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT timezone is Chicago from USA with population about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in the area are Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio, Dallas

French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre

Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

CDT Time Zone Geo Map
CDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central Daylight Time (CDT) has ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Central Daylight Time (CDT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March

CDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke
CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone