Central Daylight Time

English thumb|right|350 px|Time zone map of the United States, with the Central Daylight Time zone the portion in yellow thumb|Time zone map of Canada, with regions observing Central Daylight Time in green and light green Proper noun Central Daylight Time The time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of the Midwest and the southern part of the United States, and Manitoba, the western third of northern Ontario and the middle third of Nunavut in Canada from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, as well as the province of Saskatchewan in Canada and most states of Mexico year-round; it is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-5), and one hour ahead of Central Standard Time. en CDT<q:initialism> Translations time zone French: fr heure avancée du Centre f Spanish: es Zona Central m See also en Alaska Daylight Time Pacific Daylight Time Mountain Daylight Time Eastern Daylight Time Atlantic Daylight Time Newfoundland Daylight Time en Time zones