Current time in Chicago
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Chicago, United States
- Time zone
America/Chicago- UTC offset
- UTC-06:00
- Daylight saving
- Observed — clocks move between UTC-06:00 and UTC-05:00
- Sun today
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- Country
- United States
About time in Chicago
Chicago keeps Central Time, one hour behind New York and the zone covering most of the American interior. The city has a particular claim on standard time: it was a hub of the railroad network that imposed time zones on North America in 1883, decades before the US government made them law.
Planning a call with Chicago? The World Time tool puts it side by side with your other cities and highlights the hours when everyone's working day actually overlaps. For the rules behind these offsets, see time zones and UTC explained and daylight saving time.