Central Standard Time is 1 hour behind the time in United States when United States is on standard time, and 2 hours behind the time in United States when United States is on daylight saving time.Central Standard Time does not change between summer time and winter time.The IANA time zone identifiers for Central Standard Time are America/Bahia_Banderas, America/Belize, America/Chihuahua, America/Costa_Rica, America/El_Salvador, America/Guatemala, America/Managua, America/Merida, America/Mexico_City, America/Monterrey, America/Regina, America/Swift_Current and America/Tegucigalpa., 7 million locations, 58 languages, synchronized with atomic clock time., United States (incl. dependent territories) has 11 time zones. The time zone for the capital Washington, D.C. is used here. Sun: ↑ 05:41AM ↓ 08:34PM (14h 53m) - More info - Make United States time default - Add to favorite locations.