America/Chicago Time Zone Identifier

America/Chicago is a time zone identifier used in the United States and is 1 of 29 identifiers used in the country. The identifier belongs to the Central time zone CST and CDT and has a UTC/GMT offset of -06:00 for standard time and -05:00 for observing daylight time. Coordinates are 41.85 N and -87.65 W.

Current Time:
Monday November 4th 12:52pm
UTC/GMT Offset: -06:00
Observing Daylight Time: No
Time Zone Abbreviation:CST
Time Zone Name:Central Standard Time
Time Zone:Central
Latitude:41.85
Longitude:-87.65
Latitude DMS:41°51'0"N
Longitude DMS:87°39'0"W
Country:United States
Continent:America
Continent Region:North America
UTM Easting:446,042.18
UTM Northing:4,633,326.32
UTM Zone:16T

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Below you will find the standard time to daylight time transition dates. Note that past dates are shown even if daylight time is no longer observed.

Year: CDT Begins: CDT Ends:
2026 Sunday March 8th at 2:00am Sunday November 1st at 2:00am
2025 Sunday March 9th at 2:00am Sunday November 2nd at 2:00am
2024 Sunday March 10th at 2:00am Sunday November 3rd at 2:00am
2023 Sunday March 12th at 2:00am Sunday November 5th at 2:00am
2022 Sunday March 13th at 2:00am Sunday November 6th at 2:00am

Cities observing same time as America/Chicago:

*Note that the above list only includes a few cities and that there may be more. Also note that the time zone identifier displayed may differ if it has the same offset and DST.

Identifiers with the same offset as America/Chicago: