What city in Tennessee does the time zone change?

Time in Tennessee, as in all U.S. states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation.

About 73 percent of the counties in the state of Tennessee lie in the Central Time Zone, mostly the western and middle grand divisions, while East Tennessee is mostly in the Eastern Time Zone except for three counties in that division.[1][2]

All counties observe Daylight Saving Time.

Time zone boundary areas

Central boundary counties

  • Bledsoe County (East)
  • Cumberland County (East)
  • Fentress County (Middle)
  • Marion County (East)
  • Sequatchie County (Middle)
  • Pickett County (Middle)

Eastern boundary counties

  • Hamilton County
  • Morgan County
  • Rhea County
  • Roane County
  • Scott County[3]

See also

  • Time in the United States
  • List of counties in Tennessee

References

  1. ^ 65 counties, totaling 30,796 sq. mi. are in CT, while 30 counties, totaling 11,347 sq. mi. are in ET, based on individual Wikipedia county articles as of 2012-05-21.
  2. ^ “Current time in Tennessee - Tennessee Time By County”. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. ^ Rand McNally (2016). "Tennessee" (Map). The Road Atlas (2016 Walmart ed.). 1 in≈30 mi. Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-528-00626-6.

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Eastern Tennessee is officially in the Eastern Time Zone
Western Tennessee is officially in the Central Time Zone

Eastern Standard Time - is abbreviated as EST
Eastern Daylight Time - is abbreviated as EDT
Central Standard Time - is abbreviated as CST
Central Daylight Time - is abbreviated as CDT
Eastern Time Zone is GMT/UTC - 5h during Standard Time
Eastern Time Zone is GMT/UTC - 4h during Daylight Saving Time
Central Time Zone in Tennessee is GMT/UTC - 6h during Standard Time
Central Time Zone in Tennessee is is GMT/UTC - 5h during Daylight Saving Time
Tennessee does utilize Daylight Saving Time.

Tennessee starts Daylight Saving Time on
Sunday March 13, 2022 at 2:00 AM local time.

Tennessee ends Daylight Saving Time on
Sunday November 6, 2022 at 2:00 AM local time.

View Current Times in All Tennessee Cities and Towns


Tennessee has 2 major time zones observed, the east parts are in the Eastern Time Zone, and the west parts are in the Central Time Zone. Cities in Eastern Standard Time Zone include Johnson City, Greeneville, Mornstown, Knoxville, Harrogate, Chattanooga, Harriman, Lenoir City. Cities in Central Standard Time Zone include Sparta, Crossville, Cookeville, Manchester, Fayetteville, Nashville, Clarksville, Lawrenceburg, Paris, Martin, Union City, Milan, Lenox, Lexington, Savannah, Columbia, Dyersburgh, Collierville, Bartlett, Millington, Southaven. Daylight Saving Times are used in Kentucky time zones during summer.

Currently the east part observes Eastern Daylight Time, the west part observes Central Daylight Time.


Tennessee Time Zones Map
What city in Tennessee does the time zone change?
What city in Tennessee does the time zone change?

Time Zone and Current Time of Tennessee Counties/Cities
County/CityCurrent TimeTime Observed
Anderson
Bartlett
Bedford
Benton
Bledsoe
Blount
Bradley
Campbell
Cannon
Carroll
Carter
Chattanooga
Cheatham
Chester
Claiborne
Clarksville
Clay
Cocke
Coffee
Collierville
Columbia
Cookeville
Crockett
Crossville
Cumberland
Davidson
Decatur
Dekalb
Dickson
Dyer
Dyersburgh
Fayette
Fayetteville
Fentress
Franklin
Gibson
Giles
Grainger
Greene
Greeneville
Grundy
Hamblen
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardeman
Hardin
Harriman
Harrogate
Hawkins
Haywood
Henderson
Henry
Hickman
Houston
Humphreys
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Johnson City
Knox
Knoxville
Lake
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Lawrenceburg
Lenoir City
Lenox
Lewis
Lexington
Lincoln
Loudon
Macon
Madison
Manchester
Marion
Marshall
Martin
Maury
Mcminn
Mcnairy
Meigs
Milan
Millington
Monroe
Montgomery
Moore
Morgan
Mornstown
Nashville
Obion
Overton
Paris
Perry
Pickett
Polk
Putnam
Rhea
Roane
Robertson
Rutherford
Savannah
Scott
Sequatchie
Sevier
Shelby
Smith
Southaven
Sparta
Stewart
Sullivan
Sumner
Tipton
Trousdale
Unicoi
Union
Union City
Van Buren
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Weakley
White
Williamson
Wilson

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