UTC−06:00
UTC−06:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −06:00.
In North America, it is observed in the Central Time Zone during standard time, and in the Mountain Time Zone during the other eight months. Several Latin American countries and a few other places use it year-round.
As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter)
Principal cities: Winnipeg, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Austin, Memphis, Kansas City, San Antonio, Nashville, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, ReynosaNorth America
CST is standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, centralized by the 90th meridian; used in North America in some parts of Canada, Mexico and the United States.- Canada
- *Manitoba
- *Nunavut
- **Kivalliq Region except Southampton Island
- *Ontario
- ** West of 90° west
- Mexico
- * Chihuahua
- ** The municipalities of Coyame del Sotol, Ojinaga and Manuel Benavides
- * Coahuila de Zaragoza
- ** The municipalities of Acuña, Allende, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jiménez, Morelos, Nava, Ocampo, Piedras Negras, Villa Unión and Zaragoza
- * Nuevo León
- ** The municipality of Anahuac
- * Tamaulipas
- ** The municipalities of Nuevo Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Reynosa, Río Bravo, Valle Hermoso and Matamoros
- United States
- *Alabama
- ** The city of Phenix City uses both UTC−05:00 and UTC−06:00 due to its proximity to Columbus, Georgia
- *Arkansas
- *Florida
- **The counties of Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Washington, and northern Gulf County
- *Illinois
- *Indiana
- **Northwestern counties of Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter and Starke
- **Southwestern counties of Gibson, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick
- *Iowa
- *Kansas
- **Entire state except Greeley, Hamilton, Sherman and Wallace counties
- *Kentucky
- **The counties of Breckinridge, Grayson, Hart, Green, Adair, Russell and Clinton, and all counties to the west of these
- *Louisiana
- *Michigan
- **The western counties of Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron and Menominee
- *Minnesota
- *Mississippi
- *Missouri
- *Nebraska
- **Central and eastern Nebraska
- *North Dakota
- **Entire state except southwest
- *Oklahoma
- **Entire state except Kenton
- *South Dakota
- **Eastern half
- *Tennessee
- **Counties to the west of the counties of Scott, Morgan, Roane, Rhea, and Hamilton
- *Texas
- **All except northwestern Culberson, El Paso and Hudspeth counties
- *Wisconsin
As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer)
North America
- Canada
- *Alberta
- *British Columbia
- ** The south-eastern communities of Cranbrook, Golden, Invermere and Kimberley
- *Northwest Territories
- *Nunavut
- **Kitikmeot Region
- *Saskatchewan
- **Lloydminster
- Mexico
- * Chihuahua
- ** The municipalities of Janos, Ascensión, Juárez, Práxedis G. Guerrero and Guadalupe
- United States
- *Arizona - Navajo Nation only
- *Colorado
- *Idaho
- **South of Salmon River
- *Kansas
- **The western counties of Greeley, Hamilton, Sherman and Wallace
- *Montana
- *Nebraska
- **The western counties of Cherry, Hooker, Arthur, Keith, Perkins, Chase and Dundy, and all counties to the west of these
- *Nevada
- **West Wendover
- *New Mexico
- *North Dakota
- **The Southwestern counties of Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger, McKenzie, Sioux, Slope and Stark
- *Oklahoma
- **Kenton
- *Oregon
- **Malheur County
- *South Dakota
- **The western counties of Corson, Dewey, Stanley, Jackson and Bennett, and all counties to the west of these
- *Texas
- ** The western counties of Culberson, El Paso and Hudspeth
- *Utah
- *Wyoming
As standard time (year-round)
Central America
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- *Called '''Central America Time Zone'''
North America
- Canada
- *Saskatchewan
- ** All province except Lloydminster
- Mexico
- * All except Baja California, Baja California Sur, most of Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora and the northern municipalities of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
- * A small enclave of the UTC−6 time zone is followed in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, due to its strong economic ties with the neighboring municipality of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. In most UNIX-like operating systems this area is represented as America/Bahia_Banderas.
Oceania
East Pacific
- Ecuador
- *Galápagos Province
As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter)
Oceania
East Pacific
- Chile
- *Easter Island