Time in the United States

Local time in the largest cities

Largest first, by the population GeoNames lists for each city (it gives no year). Districts of a larger city are left out.

Daylight saving time in the United States

Some of the United States changes its clocks and some does not.

• Eastern Time: Clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back one hour at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November.
• Pacific Time: Clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back one hour at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November.
• Central Time: Clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back one hour at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November.
• Mountain Time (Phoenix): No clock changes; UTC−7 all year.
• Mountain Time (Denver): Clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back one hour at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November.
• Hawaii-Aleutian Time (Honolulu): No clock changes; UTC−10 all year.
• Alaska Time: Clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back one hour at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November.
• Hawaii-Aleutian Time: Clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back one hour at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November.

The clocks above and the time-zone table below show each clock’s next change. Governments can change these rules; the clocks follow the IANA time-zone database.

Time in neighboring countries

Each country’s time is its capital’s clock, or its largest city’s; the United States’s is its capital’s. A country with several time zones has other times too.

All time zones in the United States

States and territories

• Alabama
• Alaska
• American Samoa
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Guam
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Puerto Rico
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• United States Virgin Islands
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Check the time at a point

Clock rules and political boundaries use different sources. For a location near a line, check the precise point instead of choosing a clock from a country outline.

Find the time zone at your location or check and copy your coordinates.