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color:black;"> </span> Central Time Zone</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">UTC offset</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">CST</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9206:00" title="UTC−06:00">UTC−06:00</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">CDT</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−05:00</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Current time</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">00:17, 28 November 2024 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">CST</a> <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:85%;">[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=purge">refresh</a>]</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Observance of <a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">DST is observed in some of this time zone.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The North American <b>Central Time Zone</b> (<b>CT</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">time zone</a> in parts of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>, and some <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Islands">Caribbean islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: <b>Central Standard Time (CST)</b> is observed from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March. It is <a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9206:00" title="UTC−06:00">six hours</a> behind <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">Coordinated Universal Time</a> (UTC) and designated internationally as UTC−6.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November the same areas observe <a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">daylight saving time</a> (DST), creating the designation of <b>Central Daylight Time (CDT)</b> which is <a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">five hours</a> behind UTC and known internationally as UTC−5.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regions_using_Central_Time">Regions using Central Time</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Regions using Central Time"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Time_in_Canada" title="Time in Canada">Time in Canada</a></div> <p>The province of <a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a> is the only <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">province or territory in Canada</a> that observes Central Time in all areas. </p><p>The following Canadian provinces and territories observe Central Time in the areas noted, while their other areas observe <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Time</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nunavut" title="Nunavut">Nunavut</a> (territory): western areas (most of <a href="/wiki/Kivalliq_Region" title="Kivalliq Region">Kivalliq Region</a> and part of <a href="/wiki/Qikiqtaaluk_Region" title="Qikiqtaaluk Region">Qikiqtaaluk Region</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> (province): a portion of the northwest bordering southeastern Manitoba, in and around <a href="/wiki/Kenora,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenora, Ontario">Kenora</a>.</li></ul> <p>Also, most of the province of <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a> is on Central Standard Time year-round, never adjusting for Daylight Saving Time. One major exception includes <a href="/wiki/Lloydminster" title="Lloydminster">Lloydminster</a>, a city whose borders overlap both <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a> and Saskatchewan. The city charter<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> stipulates that it shall observe <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">Mountain Time</a> and DST, putting the community on the same time as all of Alberta (UTC−7) in the winter, and in time with Saskatchewan (UTC−6) during the summer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Time_in_the_United_States" title="Time in the United States">Time in the United States</a></div> <p>Ten states are contained entirely in the Central Time Zone: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li></ul> <p>Five states are split between the Central Time Zone and the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">Mountain Time Zone</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>: all except for <a href="/wiki/Sherman_County,_Kansas" title="Sherman County, Kansas">Sherman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wallace_County,_Kansas" title="Wallace County, Kansas">Wallace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greeley_County,_Kansas" title="Greeley County, Kansas">Greeley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Kansas" title="Hamilton County, Kansas">Hamilton</a> counties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a>: eastern two thirds including the east part of <a href="/wiki/Cherry_County,_Nebraska" title="Cherry County, Nebraska">Cherry County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a>: all except for southwest regions, south part of <a href="/wiki/McKenzie_County,_North_Dakota" title="McKenzie County, North Dakota">McKenzie County</a>, and the majority of <a href="/wiki/Dunn_County,_North_Dakota" title="Dunn County, North Dakota">Dunn County</a> and far western <a href="/wiki/Sioux_County,_North_Dakota" title="Sioux County, North Dakota">Sioux County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>: eastern half including part of <a href="/wiki/Stanley_County,_South_Dakota" title="Stanley County, South Dakota">Stanley County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>: all except for <a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hudspeth_County,_Texas" title="Hudspeth County, Texas">Hudspeth</a>, and northwestern <a href="/wiki/Culberson_County,_Texas" title="Culberson County, Texas">Culberson</a> counties</li></ul> <p>Five states are split between the Central Time Zone and the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Time Zone</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>: most of <a href="/wiki/Florida_Panhandle" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Panhandle">Florida Panhandle</a> west of the <a href="/wiki/Apalachicola_River" title="Apalachicola River">Apalachicola River</a>; <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Florida" title="Franklin County, Florida">Franklin County</a> west of the Apalachicola River and the northern parts of <a href="/wiki/Gulf_County,_Florida" title="Gulf County, Florida">Gulf County</a> are in the Central Time Zone</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>: <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Indiana" title="Northwest Indiana">Northwest Indiana</a> and most of <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Indiana" title="Southwestern Indiana">Southwestern Indiana</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Evansville_metropolitan_area" title="Evansville metropolitan area">Evansville metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>: the western portion of the state, including its three major cities: <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>: The four <a href="/wiki/Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Upper Peninsula of Michigan">Upper Peninsula</a> counties bordering Wisconsin: <a href="/wiki/Gogebic_County,_Michigan" title="Gogebic County, Michigan">Gogebic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iron_County,_Michigan" title="Iron County, Michigan">Iron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dickinson_County,_Michigan" title="Dickinson County, Michigan">Dickinson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Menominee_County,_Michigan" title="Menominee County, Michigan">Menominee</a> counties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>: <a href="/wiki/West_Tennessee" title="West Tennessee">West Tennessee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle Tennessee</a>, including the major cities of <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Tennessee" title="Clarksville, Tennessee">Clarksville</a></li></ul> <p>Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Phenix_City,_Alabama" title="Phenix City, Alabama">Phenix City, Alabama</a>, and several nearby communities in <a href="/wiki/Russell_County,_Alabama" title="Russell County, Alabama">Russell County, Alabama</a>, unofficially observe Eastern Time. This is due to their close proximity to <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Georgia" title="Columbus, Georgia">Columbus, Georgia</a>, which is on Eastern Time.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although legally located within the Central Time Zone, <a href="/wiki/Kenton,_Oklahoma" title="Kenton, Oklahoma">Kenton, Oklahoma</a>—located to the adjacent east of the defined border of the Central and Mountain time zones (at the Oklahoma−<a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> state line)—unofficially observes Mountain Time.<sup id="cite_ref-EOHC-Cimmaron_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOHC-Cimmaron-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is reportedly because most people who interact with the town reside in either New Mexico or <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Last_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Last-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EOHC-Cimmaron_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOHC-Cimmaron-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mexico">Mexico</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mexico"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Time_in_Mexico" title="Time in Mexico">Time in Mexico</a></div> <p>Most of Mexico—roughly the eastern three-fourths—lies in the Central Time Zone, except for <a href="/wiki/States_of_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Mexico">five northwestern states</a> (<a href="/wiki/Baja_California" title="Baja California">Baja California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baja_California_Sur" title="Baja California Sur">Baja California Sur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinaloa" title="Sinaloa">Sinaloa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonora" title="Sonora">Sonora</a>, and most of <a href="/wiki/Nayarit" title="Nayarit">Nayarit</a>) and one southeastern state (<a href="/wiki/Quintana_Roo" title="Quintana Roo">Quintana Roo</a>). It is known locally as the <i>Zona Centro</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-law2022_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law2022-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The federal entities of <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> that observe Central Time: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aguascalientes" title="Aguascalientes">Aguascalientes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campeche" title="Campeche">Campeche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chihuahua_(state)" title="Chihuahua (state)">Chihuahua</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – Excluding the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Janos_Municipality" title="Janos Municipality">Janos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ascensi%C3%B3n_Municipality" title="Ascensión Municipality">Ascensión</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ju%C3%A1rez_Municipality,_Chihuahua" title="Juárez Municipality, Chihuahua">Juárez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_Municipality,_Chihuahua" title="Guadalupe Municipality, Chihuahua">Guadalupe</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%A1xedis_G._Guerrero_Municipality" title="Práxedis G. Guerrero Municipality">Práxedis Gilberto Guerrero</a>, which observe <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">Mountain Time</a> with <a href="/wiki/Daylight_Savings_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Daylight Savings Time">DST</a>. Additionally, counties east of Guadalupe observe Daylight Savings in Central Time.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coahuila" title="Coahuila">Coahuila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colima" title="Colima">Colima</a> – except for the <a href="/wiki/Revillagigedo_Islands" title="Revillagigedo Islands">Revillagigedo Islands</a>, in which the inner islands use UTC−7 and the outer island uses UTC−8</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiapas" title="Chiapas">Chiapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durango" title="Durango">Durango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guanajuato" title="Guanajuato">Guanajuato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrero" title="Guerrero">Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidalgo_(state)" title="Hidalgo (state)">Hidalgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalisco" title="Jalisco">Jalisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michoac%C3%A1n" title="Michoacán">Michoacán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morelos" title="Morelos">Morelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayarit" title="Nayarit">Nayarit</a> – *only the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%ADa_de_Banderas" title="Bahía de Banderas">Bahía de Banderas</a>, rest of the state uses UTC−7</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n" title="Nuevo León">Nuevo León</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oaxaca" title="Oaxaca">Oaxaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puebla" title="Puebla">Puebla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quer%C3%A9taro" title="Querétaro">Querétaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD" title="San Luis Potosí">San Luis Potosí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Mexico" title="State of Mexico">State of Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabasco" title="Tabasco">Tabasco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamaulipas" title="Tamaulipas">Tamaulipas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tlaxcala" title="Tlaxcala">Tlaxcala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veracruz" title="Veracruz">Veracruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yucatán (state)">Yucatán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zacatecas" title="Zacatecas">Zacatecas</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_America">Central America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Central America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Out of the seven countries comprising <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>, all but one use Central Standard Time year-round: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-factbook2023_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factbook2023-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>, which recognizes Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) year round, is the exception.<sup id="cite_ref-factbook2023_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factbook2023-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Central_Daylight_Time">Central Daylight Time</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Central Daylight Time"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Central Daylight Time" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Central_Daylight_Time_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Central Daylight Time (disambiguation)">Central Daylight Time (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p><a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">Daylight saving time</a> (DST) is in effect in much of the Central time zone between mid-March and early November. The modified time is called "Central Daylight Time" (CDT) and is <a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−05:00</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the United States, all time zones that observe DST were effectively changed by the <a href="/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005" title="Energy Policy Act of 2005">Energy Policy Act of 2005</a>. Beginning in 2007, DST would now begin at 2 a.m. (02:00) on the second Sunday in March instead of the first Sunday in April, moving the time from 2 to 3 a.m. (i.e., from 02:00 to 03:00). Additionally, DST would end at 2 a.m. (02:00) on the first Sunday in November instead of the last Sunday in October, moving the time from 2 to 1 a.m. (i.e., from 02:00 to 01:00).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At the time, Mexico decided not to go along with <a href="/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005" title="Energy Policy Act of 2005">this change</a> and observed their <i><a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_Mexico" title="Daylight saving time in Mexico">horario de verano</a></i> ("summer schedule") from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. In December 2009, the Mexican Congress allowed ten border cities, eight of which are in states that observe Central Time, to adopt the US daylight time schedule effective in 2010. In October 2022, however, CDT was used in Mexico for the last time after DST was abolished. The US is also seeing traction in the same direction, with the <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Protection_Act" title="Sunshine Protection Act">Sunshine Protection Act</a> that proposes legislation that would permanently end the switching of times and make daylight saving time permanent.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alphabetical_list_of_major_Central_Time_Zone_metropolitan_areas">Alphabetical list of major Central Time Zone metropolitan areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Alphabetical list of major Central Time Zone metropolitan areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acapulco" title="Acapulco">Acapulco, Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aguascalientes_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Aguascalientes City">Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas" title="Amarillo, Texas">Amarillo, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_Guatemala" title="Antigua Guatemala">Antigua Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont%E2%80%93Port_Arthur_metropolitan_area" title="Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area">Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belize_City,_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="Belize City, Belize">Belize City, Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmopan,_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="Belmopan, Belize">Belmopan, Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismarck,_North_Dakota" title="Bismarck, North Dakota">Bismarck, North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington, Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon,_Manitoba" title="Brandon, Manitoba">Brandon, Manitoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa" title="Cedar Rapids, Iowa">Cedar Rapids, Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign, Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Tennessee" title="Clarksville, Tennessee">Clarksville, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comarca_Lagunera" title="Comarca Lagunera">Comarca Lagunera</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Torre%C3%B3n" title="Torreón">Torreón</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B3mez_Palacio,_Durango" title="Gómez Palacio, Durango">Gómez Palacio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lerdo,_Durango" title="Lerdo, Durango">Lerdo</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Missouri" title="Columbia, Missouri">Columbia, Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuernavaca" title="Cuernavaca">Cuernavaca, Morelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines, Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enid,_Oklahoma" title="Enid, Oklahoma">Enid, Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota" title="Fargo, North Dakota">Fargo, North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Smith,_Arkansas" title="Fort Smith, Arkansas">Fort Smith, Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida">Fort Walton Beach, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota" title="Grand Forks, North Dakota">Grand Forks, North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Manitoba" title="Grand Rapids, Manitoba">Grand Rapids, Manitoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay,_Wisconsin" title="Green Bay, Wisconsin">Green Bay, Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalajara" title="Guadalajara">Guadalajara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jalisco" title="Jalisco">Jalisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemala_City" title="Guatemala City">Guatemala City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville, Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa" title="Iowa City, Iowa">Iowa City, Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janesville,_Wisconsin" title="Janesville, Wisconsin">Janesville, Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonesboro,_Arkansas" title="Jonesboro, Arkansas">Jonesboro, Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joplin,_Missouri" title="Joplin, Missouri">Joplin, Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_metropolitan_area" title="Kansas City metropolitan area">Kansas City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killeen%E2%80%93Temple%E2%80%93Fort_Hood_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan area">Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Louisiana" title="Lafayette, Louisiana">Lafayette, Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas" title="Lawrence, Kansas">Lawrence, Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le%C3%B3n,_Guanajuato" title="León, Guanajuato">León, Guanajuato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="Lincoln, Nebraska">Lincoln, Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock, Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Managua" title="Managua">Managua</a>, Nicaragua</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9rida,_Yucat%C3%A1n" title="Mérida, Yucatán">Mérida, Yucatán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland%E2%80%93Odessa" title="Midland–Odessa">Midland/Odessa, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul" title="Minneapolis–Saint Paul">Minneapolis–Saint Paul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe, Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monterrey" title="Monterrey">Monterrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n" title="Nuevo León">Nuevo León</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morelia" title="Morelia">Morelia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michoac%C3%A1n" title="Michoacán">Michoacán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normal,_Illinois" title="Normal, Illinois">Normal, Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Arkansas" title="Northwest Arkansas">Northwest Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_City,_Florida" title="Panama City, Florida">Panama City, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria, Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puebla_(city)" title="Puebla (city)">Puebla, Puebla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quad_Cities" title="Quad Cities">Quad Cities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>/<a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racine,_Wisconsin" title="Racine, Wisconsin">Racine, Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Lake,_Ontario" title="Red Lake, Ontario">Red Lake, Ontario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regina,_Saskatchewan" title="Regina, Saskatchewan">Regina, Saskatchewan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" title="Rockford, Illinois">Rockford, Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester, Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_City,_Iowa" title="Sioux City, Iowa">Sioux City, Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota" title="Sioux Falls, South Dakota">Sioux Falls, South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9,_Costa_Rica" title="San José, Costa Rica">San José, Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD_(city)" title="San Luis Potosí (city)">San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Pedro_Sula" title="San Pedro Sula">San Pedro Sula</a>, Honduras</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Salvador" title="San Salvador">San Salvador</a>, El Salvador</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quer%C3%A9taro_(city)" title="Querétaro (city)">Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saskatoon" title="Saskatoon">Saskatoon, Saskatchewan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shreveport%E2%80%93Bossier_City_metropolitan_area" title="Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area">Shreveport–Bossier City, Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield, Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Missouri" title="Springfield, Missouri">Springfield, Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampico" title="Tampico">Tampico</a>, Tamaulipas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tegucigalpa" title="Tegucigalpa">Tegucigalpa</a>, Honduras</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson,_Manitoba" title="Thompson, Manitoba">Thompson, Manitoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toluca" title="Toluca">Toluca, Estado de México</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka, Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama" title="Tuscaloosa, Alabama">Tuscaloosa, Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Falls,_Texas" title="Wichita Falls, Texas">Wichita Falls, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnipeg" title="Winnipeg">Winnipeg, Manitoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zacatecas_(city)" title="Zacatecas (city)">Zacatecas, Zacatecas</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Effects_of_time_zones_on_North_American_broadcasting" title="Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting">Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Time_Zone&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 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href="/wiki/Hawaii%E2%80%93Aleutian_Time_Zone" title="Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone">Hawaii–Aleutian</a> (parts of Alaska) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9210:00" title="UTC−10:00">−10</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9209:00" title="UTC−09:00">−9</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Time_Zone" title="Alaska Time Zone">Alaska</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9209:00" title="UTC−09:00">−9</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9208:00" title="UTC−08:00">−8</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific</a> (parts of Alaska) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9208:00" title="UTC−08:00">−8</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9208:00" title="UTC−08:00">−8</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific</a> (other states/provinces) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9208:00" title="UTC−08:00">−8</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">−7</a> </td></tr> 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title="UTC−05:00">−5</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a> (parts of Nunavut, Ontario, and the Caribbean) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">−5</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">−5</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a> (other states/provinces) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">−5</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">−4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Time_Zone" title="Atlantic Time Zone">Atlantic</a> (Natashquan River) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">−4</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">−4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Time_Zone" title="Atlantic Time Zone">Atlantic</a> (other provinces) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">−4</a> </td> 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