quick Date question

select '12/13/1901 18:00:00 CST'::datetime;
?column?                    
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Fri Dec 13 18:00:00 1901 CST
(1 row)

select '12/13/1901 17:59:59 CST'::datetime;
?column?                
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Fri Dec 13 23:59:59 1901
(1 row)


Why???