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.
The term Central Time (CT) is often used to denote the local time in areas observing either Central Daylight Time (CDT) or Central Standard Time (CST). Central Standard Time is 6 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Central Daylight Time is 5 hours behind UTC. In locations observing Daylight Saving Time (DST) during part of the year, Central Time is not static but switches between CDT and CST. See full time zone map.