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Time in DeKalb, Illinois, United States now

09:54:45AM

Thursday, 5 March, 2026, week 10

DeKalb switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, 8 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:23AM ↓ 05:50PM (11h 27m) - More info - Make DeKalb time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for DeKalb

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in DeKalb 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 DeKalb can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for DeKalb is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from DeKalb

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
London	+6 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for DeKalb

Sunrise: 06:23AM
Sunset: 05:50PM
Day length: 11h 27m
Solar noon: 12:06PM
The current local time in DeKalb is 6 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

DeKalb on the map

Location: Illinois, United States
Latitude: 41.929. Longitude: -88.750
Population: 43,000
Elevation: 268 m

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Best restaurants in DeKalb

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#3 Class VI - Wine bars food

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