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Time in Texas, United States now

05:47:34AM

Friday, 27 February, 2026, week 9

Texas has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Austin is used here.
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UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Texas 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 Texas can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Texas 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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Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
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