In the spring of 2009, Eduventures, a higher education consulting firm, released the results of a study that illustrated that the recession had made a significant impact on the views of prospective continuing education students.
This time zone converter lets you visually and very quickly convert EST to CST and vice-versa. Simply mouse over the colored hour-tiles and glance at the hours selected by the column... and done! EST stands for Eastern Standard Time. CST is known as Central Standard Time. CST is 1 hours behind EST.
Currently has same time zone offset as CST (UTC -6) but different time zone name. Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is in use during standard time in: North America, Central America. This time zone is often called Central Time. See full time zone map. Summer Time & DST. Some places observe daylight saving time/summer time during the summer, and therefore use CDT (Central Daylight Time) in the summer. Email Time Zone Indicator: -0600. An email sent from someone in the Central Standard Time (CST) time zone will have the time zone listed as -0600 in the headers of the email. (However, -0600 does not have to be in Central Standard Time, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).