In a tax context, you can use capital losses to offset an equivalent dollar amount of capital gains, or up to $3,000 in capital losses to offset ordinary income. In either case, the offset allows you to reduce the tax you owe. Further, banks have the right of offset if a borrower defaults on a loan.
Central Daylight Time (CDT) is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: North America. This time zone is often called Central Daylight Time. See full time zone map.
There's a central time zone (abbreviated CST/CDT for Central Standard Time/Central Daylight Time), but there are six different time zones spanning North America (from eastern Canada to Alaska) and three time zones spanning South America.