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 Central Time Zone subtracts six hours from UTC during standard time (UTCâ6) and five hours during daylight saving time (UTCâ5). This time zone is called Central Standard Time (CST) during standard time (Winter). It is called Central Daylight Time (CDT) during daylight saving time (Summer). In the United States and Canada, this time zone is often just called Central Time (CT). The zone is one hour ahead of the Mountain Time Zone and one hour behind the Eastern Time Zone.