Time in Tennessee, United States now

08:16:39

Thursday, February 5, 2026, week 6

Tennessee has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Nashville is used here.
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Time zone info for Tennessee

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Tennessee is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Tennessee can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Tennessee is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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