Pacific Time
Pacific Standard Time - PST (UTC-8)
Pacific Daylight Time - PDT (UTC-7)
Vancouver
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Mountain Time
Mountain Standard Time - MST (UTC-7)
Mountain Daylight Time - MDT (UTC-6)
Edmonton
Denver
Phoenix
Central Time
Central Standard Time - CST (UTC-6)
Central Daylight Time - CDT (UTC-5)
Winnipeg
Chicago
Eastern Time
Eastern Standard Time - EST (UTC-5)
Eastern Daylight Time - EDT (UTC-4)
Toronto
New York
Canada 2026: summer time all year in the west
Since 2026, these places no longer turn their clocks back in November. Their time zones keep their names, but they stay on summer time:
- Most of British Columbia: Pacific Time, UTC-7 all year (Vancouver, Victoria)
- Alberta and the Northwest Territories: Mountain Time, UTC-6 all year (Calgary, Edmonton, Yellowknife)
- Manitoba and northwestern Ontario: Central Time, UTC-5 all year (Winnipeg)
Yukon (UTC-7) and Saskatchewan (UTC-6) already kept one time all year. Toronto, Montréal, Halifax and St. John's still change their clocks in March and November.
Central Standard and Daylight Time
In North America, Central Time observes standard time at six hours behind UTC (UTC-6), shifting to five hours behind (UTC-5) during daylight saving time. Standard time in the zone is based on the mean solar time of the 90th meridian west of Greenwich.
Central Time (CT)
Central Standard Time (CST) is observed during winter, and Central Daylight Time (CDT) during daylight saving time in spring, summer, and autumn — some areas within the zone keep standard time year-round instead. In the United States and Canada, the zone is commonly shortened to Central Time (CT). Since 2007, the shift from CST to CDT takes place at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March, and the shift back to CST takes place at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November. In Canada, Manitoba stays on Central summer time all year since 2026 (UTC-5), so in winter Winnipeg is one hour ahead of Chicago. Saskatchewan keeps UTC-6 all year.
Daylight Saving Time in the USA and Canada
Daylight saving time begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November, in every USA and Canada time zone that observes it.
North America DST Change Dates
| Year | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sunday, 14 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 7 November, 02:00 |
| 2022 | Sunday, 13 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 6 November, 02:00 |
| 2023 | Sunday, 12 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 5 November, 02:00 |
| 2024 | Sunday, 10 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 3 November, 02:00 |
| 2025 | Sunday, 9 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 2 November, 02:00 |
| 2026 | Sunday, 8 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 1 November, 02:00 |
| 2027 | Sunday, 14 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 7 November, 02:00 |
| 2028 | Sunday, 12 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 5 November, 02:00 |
| 2029 | Sunday, 11 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 4 November, 02:00 |
| 2030 | Sunday, 10 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 3 November, 02:00 |
| 2031 | Sunday, 9 March, 02:00 | Sunday, 2 November, 02:00 |
Daylight saving time begin and end dates in the USA and Canada.
North American Time Zones
The same eight time zones from the comparison above, organized by UTC offset instead of by name — useful for seeing which zones share a clock time once daylight saving time shifts them.
Time Zones by UTC Offset
| UTC Offset | Standard Time | Daylight Time |
|---|---|---|
| UTC-10 | Hawaii-Aleutian | — |
| UTC-9 | Alaska | Hawaii-Aleutian |
| UTC-8 | Pacific | Alaska |
| UTC-7 | Mountain | Pacific |
| UTC-6 | Central | Mountain |
| UTC-5 | Eastern | Central |
| UTC-4 | Atlantic | Eastern |
| UTC-3:30 | Newfoundland | — |
| UTC-3 | — | Atlantic |
| UTC-2:30 | — | Newfoundland |
Time zones in North America, by UTC offset.
GMT and UTC
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the modern, atomic-clock-based standard that has replaced it for precise timekeeping — but the two are close enough that they're used interchangeably in everyday contexts, including throughout this page.