United States Time Zones
Time Zone of a Place
What time zone is it in the United States?
Answer
Time zones in the United States
UTC−10 – UTC−5
Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa keep their own clocks and have their own pages; the mainland states are covered by the eight rows above.
The zones in the United States: Eastern Time, Central Time, Mountain Time, Pacific Time, Alaska Time and Hawaii–Aleutian Time.
Time Zone Facts
- Time zones
- Eastern Time, Central Time, Mountain Time, Pacific Time, Alaska Time and Hawaii–Aleutian Time
- Number of zones
- 6
- Offsets
- UTC−10 – UTC−5
- Clock changes
- it depends on the part — see the table below
- Daylight saving time in effect now
- in some parts yes, in others no
The Parts and Their Zones
| Part | Time zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|---|
| the East Coast and the eastern Midwest | Eastern Time | UTC−5 | UTC−4 |
| from the Gulf Coast to the Dakotas | Central Time | UTC−6 | UTC−5 |
| the Rocky Mountain states | Mountain Time | UTC−7 | UTC−6 |
| Arizona, which keeps Mountain Time all year (except the Navajo Nation) | Mountain Time | UTC−7 | — |
| the West Coast | Pacific Time | UTC−8 | UTC−7 |
| almost all of Alaska | Alaska Time | UTC−9 | UTC−8 |
| Hawaii, which never switches to summer time | Hawaii–Aleutian Time | UTC−10 | — |
| the western Aleutians, which do switch | Hawaii–Aleutian Time | UTC−10 | UTC−9 |
Time Difference
- UTC
- 4 hours behind
- Central Time
- 1 hour ahead
- Mountain Time
- 2 hours ahead
- Pacific Time
- 3 hours ahead
- Moscow Time
- MSK−8 in standard time, MSK−7 in daylight time
The difference is calculated for the part «the East Coast and the eastern Midwest».
Current time in the United States
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UTC−4 — subtract 4 hours from UTC
the East Coast and the eastern Midwest
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Time Zone of a Place
This reference shows what time zone a place is in: the name of the zone and its abbreviations, the UTC offset in standard and daylight time, whether the clocks change there and when, plus the difference from UTC, from the four US zones and from Moscow. For example, it can help you find out what time zone is it in the United States? (The answer is: UTC−10 – UTC−5). Pick a place or a zone (e.g. 'United States') and hit the 'Find out' button.
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FAQ
What time zone is it in the United States?
Time zones in the United States UTC−10 – UTC−5
Is daylight saving time observed in the United States?
It depends on the part: the table of parts above names the clock change of each one.
How many time zones are there in the United States?
There are 6 of them, from UTC−10 to UTC−5: Eastern Time, Central Time, Mountain Time, Pacific Time, Alaska Time and Hawaii–Aleutian Time.
See Also
- Toronto Time Zone: UTC−5
- Tula Time Zone: UTC+3
- Turkey Time Zone: UTC+3
- Tyumen Time Zone: UTC+5
- Udmurtia Time Zone: UTC+4
- Ufa Time Zone: UTC+5
- Ukraine Time Zone: UTC+2
- Ulan-Ude Time Zone: UTC+8
- Ulyanovsk Time Zone: UTC+4
- United Kingdom Time Zone: UTC
- Utah Time Zone: UTC−7
- UTC Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−1 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−2 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−3 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−4 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−5 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−6 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−7 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−8 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- Часовые пояса США: UTC−10 – UTC−5
- Zonas horarias en los Estados Unidos: UTC−10 – UTC−5
- Fusos horários nos Estados Unidos: UTC−10 – UTC−5