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Time in Tennessee, United States now

04:19:52AM

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Tennessee has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Nashville is used here.
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UTC -5

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
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 March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.