What is Central Time Zone?
{{multiple issues| {{link rot|date=February 2025}} {{more sources|date=February 2025}} {{one source|date=February 2025}} {{unreliable sources|date=February 2025}} }} [[File:timezoneswest.PNG|thumb|right|250px|{{legend|#c76141|CST or UTC-6}}]] The '''Central Time Zone''' subtracts six hours from [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] during [[standard time]] (UTC−6) and five hours during [[daylight saving time]] (UTC−5). This [[time zone]] is called '''Central Standard Time''' (CST) during standard time ([[Winter]]). It is called '''Central Daylight Time''' (CDT) during daylight saving time ([[Summer]]). In the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], this time zone is often just called '''Central Time''' (CT). The zone is one hour ahead of the [[Mountain Time Zone]] and one hour behind the [[Eastern Time Zone (North America)|Eastern Time Zone]]. The largest city in the Central Time Zone is [[Mexico City]]. In the United States, the largest city is [[Chicago]], and the largest metropolitan area is the [[Chicago metropolitan area]]. == Places that are in Central Time Zone == === Canada === In [[Canada]], this time zone includes all of [[Manitoba]], nearly all of [[Saskatchewan]], a little part of western [[Ontario]], and part of [[Nunavut]] (most of the [[Kivalliq Region]] and part of the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]]). === United States === In the [[United States]], the time zone includes the entire area of the states of [[Alabama]], [[Arkansas]], [[Illinois]], [[Iowa]], [[Louisiana]], [[Minnesota]], [[Missouri]], [[Mississippi]], [[Oklahoma]], and [[Wisconsin]]. It also includes parts of [[Florida]], [[Indiana]], [[Kansas]], [[Kentucky]], [[Michigan]], [[Nebraska]], [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Texas]]. === Mexico === Most of [[Mexico]] belongs to the Central Time Zone. The six northwestern [[States of Mexico|states]] are not part of the time zone. === Central America, South America, Oceania === Central Time Zone includes the [[Central America]]n countries of [[Belize]], [[Guatemala]],