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Convert Eastern European Summer Time to Central Standard Time

Instantly convert Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) to Central Standard Time (CST) with our free online calculator.

Reviewed by Christopher FloiedUpdated

Eastern European Summer Time

08:20:54 AM

Wed, Jun 24 (EEST)

Central Standard Time

11:20:54 PM

Tue, Jun 23 (CST)

CST is -9 hours from EEST

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EEST

24-Hour Comparison

EESTCST
12:00 AM3:00 PM(-1d)
1:00 AM4:00 PM(-1d)
2:00 AM5:00 PM(-1d)
3:00 AM6:00 PM(-1d)
4:00 AM7:00 PM(-1d)
5:00 AM8:00 PM(-1d)
6:00 AM9:00 PM(-1d)
7:00 AM10:00 PM(-1d)
8:00 AM11:00 PM(-1d)
9:00 AM12:00 AM
10:00 AM1:00 AM
11:00 AM2:00 AM
12:00 PM3:00 AM
1:00 PM4:00 AM
2:00 PM5:00 AM
3:00 PM6:00 AM
4:00 PM7:00 AM
5:00 PM8:00 AM
6:00 PM9:00 AM
7:00 PM10:00 AM
8:00 PM11:00 AM
9:00 PM12:00 PM
10:00 PM1:00 PM
11:00 PM2:00 PM

How to Convert Eastern European Summer Time to Central Standard Time

Formula

To convert Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) to Central Standard Time (CST): Convert EEST to CST

About Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST, IANA: Europe/Athens during DST window) is the summer-time variant of EET, set at UTC+3:00 — observed from the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October per EU Directive 2000/84/EC. EEST shares the same UTC offset as Moscow Standard Time (MSK), Saudi Arabia Standard Time (AST-SA), and East Africa Time (EAT). After the 2018 EU proposal to abolish twice-yearly clock changes (postponed indefinitely), the question of whether EEST countries would permanently stay on summer time (UTC+3) or revert to year-round EET (UTC+2) remains unresolved. EEST serves the same ~50 million population as EET (Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland). Affects: ASE (Athens Stock Exchange) summer trading hours, summer-festival schedules in Greek islands (Mykonos, Santorini, Ios), Finnish midsummer Juhannus celebrations, and Black Sea cruise-ship port arrival times at Constanța Romania + Varna Bulgaria + Odesa Ukraine.

About Central Standard Time (CST)

Central Standard Time (CST, IANA: America/Chicago, America/Mexico_City) is the time zone for the US Central region, central Mexico, and most of Central America, set at UTC-6:00. CST is the most populous US time zone by area covered and serves the Chicago-Dallas-Houston-Minneapolis corridor of ~80 million people across CST states (Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee western, Kansas eastern, Nebraska eastern, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kentucky western, Indiana western, Michigan UP, Florida panhandle) plus Mexico (Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey since 2022 DST abolition), Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize. CST observes DST (switching to CDT = UTC-5:00) per Energy Policy Act 2005 — except for Mexico nationally, which abolished DST in 2022 except for border zones aligning with US DST. CST affects: NYSE close at 15:00 CST, CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) commodity futures pit/electronic hours, Texas Medical Center coordinated patient handoffs.

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