CST Caribbean to ART Converter
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CST and ART examples
These examples always use CST (UTC-5) and ART (UTC-3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CST is 2 hours behind ART.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CDT Caribbean is 1 hour behind ART. At other times of the year, CST Caribbean is 2 hours behind ART.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT Caribbean correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in ART. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST Caribbean correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in ART.
Compare CST time with ART time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Cuba Standard Time is 2 hours behind Argentina Time
7:00 am07:00 in CST is 9:00 am09:00 in ART
CST to ART call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in CST which corresponds to 11am-5pm in ART
7:00 am07:00 Cuba Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Argentina Time (ART). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 CST / 9:00 am09:00 ART
| CST | ART |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 2am |
| 1am | 3am |
| 2am | 4am |
| 3am | 5am |
| 4am | 6am |
| 5am | 7am |
| 6am | 8am |
| 7am | 9am |
| 8am | 10am |
| 9am | 11am |
| 10am | 12pm (noon) |
| 11am | 1pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 2pm |
| 1pm | 3pm |
| 2pm | 4pm |
| 3pm | 5pm |
| 4pm | 6pm |
| 5pm | 7pm |
| 6pm | 8pm |
| 7pm | 9pm |
| 8pm | 10pm |
| 9pm | 11pm |
| 10pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 11pm | 1am |
| 00:00 | 02:00 |
| 01:00 | 03:00 |
| 02:00 | 04:00 |
| 03:00 | 05:00 |
| 04:00 | 06:00 |
| 05:00 | 07:00 |
| 06:00 | 08:00 |
| 07:00 | 09:00 |
| 08:00 | 10:00 |
| 09:00 | 11:00 |
| 10:00 | 12:00 |
| 11:00 | 13:00 |
| 12:00 | 14:00 |
| 13:00 | 15:00 |
| 14:00 | 16:00 |
| 15:00 | 17:00 |
| 16:00 | 18:00 |
| 17:00 | 19:00 |
| 18:00 | 20:00 |
| 19:00 | 21:00 |
| 20:00 | 22:00 |
| 21:00 | 23:00 |
| 22:00 | 00:00 |
| 23:00 | 01:00 |
Cuba Standard Time
Offset: CST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Caribbean
Countries using this time zone: Cuba
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Havana in Cuba, with about 2.164 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey, Holguin, Guantanamo.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Cuba Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: Cuba Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 12:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Cuba Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 12:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Havana
- Cuba
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- 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
Argentina Time
Offset: ART is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America
Countries using this time zone: Argentina
Principal Cities: The largest city in the ART time zone is Buenos Aires in Argentina, with about 13.076 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include La Plata, Mar del Plata, Quilmes, Moron.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Argentina Time (ART) do not change for daylight saving time, so ART stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
ART representations, usage and related time zones
- -03 - basic short
- -0300 - basic
- -03:00 - extended
- -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Papa - Military abbreviation for ART
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - Brasília time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time