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.
Central Standard Time ( CST ) = GMT-6. Central Daylight Time ( CDT ) = GMT-5. The Central Timezone is an area 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT-6 ) during the winter months (referred to as CST) and 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT-5 ) during the summer months (referred to as CDT). At the moment, the following schedule is used: