Time in North Dakota, United States now

12:29:41AM

Saturday, February 7, 2026

North Dakota has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Bismarck is used here.
Sun: ↑ 07:59AM ↓ 05:56PM (9h 57m) - More info - Make North Dakota time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for North Dakota

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

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

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Sunrise: 07:59AM
Sunset: 05:56PM
Day length: 9h 57m
Solar noon: 12:57PM
The current local time in North Dakota is 57 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.