| US Standard Time Zones - Time Zones |
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| Pacific -8 | Mountain -7 | Central -6 | Eastern -5 |
| Time Zone | Time Zone | Time Zone | Time Zone |
| US Pacific Time | US Mountain Time* |
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| PST = standard -8h PDT = daylight -7h |
MST = standard -7h MDT = daylight -6h |
| California | Colorado |
| Los Angeles | Montana |
| San Francisco | New Mexico |
| Washington | Utah |
| Seattle | Wyoming |
| Time zones swapped Pacific ⇄ Mountain | |
| Oregon +info | → Ontario OR → Malheur Cty OR |
| Portland | |
| Nevada +info | → W.Wendover NV |
| Las Vegas | |
| Coeur d'Alene ← ID Lewiston ← ID |
Idaho +info | |
| Boise | |
| Pacific Zone |
Arizona Time |
| Pacific Islands Map International Data Line |
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| Phoenix |
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| No daylight savings* | |
| + localities in the Mountain Time Zone | |
| PST: Pacific Standard Time PDT: Pacific Daylight Time |
MST: Mountain Standard Time MDT: Mountain Daylight Time |
| US Central Time | US Eastern Time |
|---|---|
| CST = standard -6h CDT = daylight -5h |
EST = standard -5h EDT = daylight -4h |
| Alabama* exc → | → Phenix City AL |
| Arkansas | Connecticut |
| Illinois | Delaware |
| Iowa | Florida* 2 zones |
| Kansas* 2 zones | Georgia |
| Louisiana | Indiana* 2 zones |
| Minnesota | Kentucky* 2 zones |
| Mississippi | Maine |
| Missouri | Maryland |
| Oklahoma | Massachusetts |
| Nebraska* 2 zones | Michigan* 2 zones |
| N. Dakota* 2 zones | New Hampshire |
| S. Dakota* 2 zones | New Jersey |
| Texas* 2 zones | New York |
| /Nashville 2 zones | /Knoxville 2 zones |
| Wisconsin | North Carolina |
| CST: Central Standard Time CDT: Central Daylight Time |
EST: Eastern Standard Time EDT: Eastern Daylight Time |
Eastern US states with Central Time |
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| Central ← Eastern | US Eastern Time (*) |
|---|---|
| CST = standard -6h CDT = daylight -5h |
EST = standard -5h EDT = daylight -4h |
| Pensacola ← FL | Florida* +info | Jacksonville |
| Panama City ← FL | |
| Gary ← IN | Indiana* +info | Indianapolis |
| Evansville ← IN | |
| Iron Mountain ← MI | Michigan* +info | Detroit |
| Menominee ← MI | |
| West Kentucky +info | |
East Kentucky +info | |
| Bowling Green | Frankfort |
| Owensboro | Lexington |
| West Tennessee +inf | |
East Tennessee +inf | |
| Clarksville | Chattanooga |
| Memphis | Johnson City |
| Nashville |
Knoxville |
| US Central Time |
US Eastern time |
| Central US States with Mountain Time | |
| Mountain ← Central | US Central Time (*) |
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| MST = standard -7h MDT = daylight -6h |
CST = standard -6h CDT = daylight -5h |
| Goodland ← KS Syracuse ← KS |
Kansas* +info | Topeka |
| Scottsbluff ← NE Alliance ← NE |
Nebraska* +info | Lincoln |
| Bowman ← ND |
North Dakota* +info | Bismarck |
| Dickinson ← ND | |
| Rapid City ← SD | South Dakota* +info | Pierre |
| Spearfish ← SD | |
| El Paso ← TX Hudspeth Cty ← TX |
Texas* +info | Austin |
| US Mountain Time |
US Central Time |
| US Alaska Time* | Arizona (Mountain T.)* |
|---|---|
| AKST = standard -9h AKDT = daylight -8h |
MST = standard -7h No daylight saving |
| Anchorage |
Chandler |
| Fairbanks | Mesa |
| Juneau |
Phoenix |
| Wasilla | Tucson (+ cities) |
| Time Zone Exceptions | Time Zone Exceptions |
| HST = std -10h HDT = daylight -9h |
MST = standard -7h MDT = daylight -6h |
| Adak (Alaska) | Navajo Nation*AZ |
| Aleutian Islands (AK) | Window Rock *AZ |
| Hawaiian islands | Time Zones |
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| Note: 4-color time zones = intervals that are multple of 4-hour between the same colors, except when the countries or states do not coincide in daylight saving time. In time zones without DST, the color is usually dimmed. +info |
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| HST = std -10h No daylight saving |
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| East Honolulu | |
| Honolulu |
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| Hilo | |
| Kailua | |
| Mililani Town | |
| Pearl City | |
| Waipahu |
| Pacific time zone |
Mountain t. zone |
|---|---|
| Current Pacific Time | Current Mountain Time |
| Los Angeles (CA) | Denver (Colorado) |
| US Pacific Time Zone | US Mountain Time Z. |
| PST = standard -8h PDT = daylight -7h |
MST = standard -7h MDT = daylight -6h |
| PST: Pacific Standard Time PDT: Pacific Daylight Time |
MST: Mountain Standard Time MDT: Mountain Daylight Time |
| *Shared time zones Pacific ⇄ Mountain | *US Mountain states with 2 time zones |
| Arizona time zone |
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| Arizona Mountain T. | |
| Phoenix | |
| About the colors of time zones | MST = standard -7h No daylight saving |
| MST: Mountain Standard Time NO DST: No Daylight Time |
| Central time zone |
Eastern time zone |
|---|---|
| Current Central Time | Current Eastern Time |
| Chicago (Illinois) | New York (NY) |
| US Central Time Zone | US Eastern Time Z. |
| CST = standard -6h CDT = daylight -5h |
EST = standard -5h EDT = daylight -4h |
| CST: Central Standard Time CDT: Central Daylight Time |
EST: Eastern Standard Time EDT: Eastern Daylight Time |
| *Central US states with 2 time zones | *Eastern US states with 2 time zones |
| Hawaii time zone |
Alaska time zone |
| Honolulu |
Juneau |
| Hawaii Time Zone | Alaska Time Zone |
| HST = std -10h No daylight saving |
AKST = standard -9h AKDT = daylight -8h |
| HST: Hawaii Standard Time NO DST: No Daylight Time |
AKST: Alaska Standard Time AKDT: Alaska Daylight Time |
| Atlantic time zone |
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| Puerto Rico |
| US Virgin Islands |
| AST = standard -4h No daylight saving |
| American Samoa time |
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| American Samoa |
| Pago Pago |
| SST = standard -11h No daylight saving |
| Pacific Islands Map |
| Chamorro time zone |
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| Guam |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
| ChST = standard +10h No daylight saving |
| Pacific Islands Map |
| Anywhere on Earth* | American Samoa Time |
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| Baker Island | Midway Islands |
| Howland Island | Jarvis Island |
| AoE = standard -12h No daylight saving |
Kingman Reef |
| Palmyra Atoll | |
| SST = standard -11h No daylight saving |
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| Pacific Islands Map |
Pacific Islands Map |
| Hawaii Time | Wake Time |
|---|---|
| Johnston Atoll | Wake Island |
| HST = standard -10h No daylight saving |
WAKT = standard +12h No daylight saving |
| Pacific Islands Map |
Pacific Islands Map |
The US spans 4 main time zones, from west to east: Pacific Time - Mountain Time - Central Time - Eastern Time.
2 non-contiguous time zones: Alaska Time and Hawaii Islands Time, and 3 US dependencies with 3 time zones, none of which use daylight saving time.
*The U.S. Minor Outlying Islands Baker Island and Howland Island, use the UTC -12 time zone Anywhere on Earth (AoE). Map of islands on wiki | Pacific Islands Map![]()
The letters S (standard) and D (daylight), are the acronyms that show the current period of the time zone.
For example, PST Pacific standard time / PDT Pacific daylight time, plus symbols that appear next to the clock time
| USA daylight saving time 2025 | |
| Starts + 1h |
Ends - 1h |
| March-9 Sun. 2:00 → 3:00 |
Nov.-2 Sun. 2:00 → 1:00 |
| 2nd Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., US turns the clock forward 1 hour | 1st Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m., US turns the clock back 1 hour |
| Pacific Time / Mountain Time / Central Time / Eastern Time | |