Kentucky Time
What time is it in Kentucky Time Zone / Current time
What Time Zone is Kentucky in?
The
Eastern
part of
Kentucky
is in the
Eastern Time Zone
in the United States.
Eastern Standard
Time
(
EST
) is 5 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time
(
GMT-5
).
The Western part of Kentucky is in the Central Time Zone in the United States. Central Standard Time ( CST ) is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT-6 ).
Towns and Cities in Kentucky on Eastern Time
Alexandria, KY | Anchorage, KY | Ashland, KY | Barbourville, KY | Bardstown, KY | Bellefonte, KY | Bellevue, KY | Benham, KY | Berea, KY | Bloomfield, KY | Brandenburg, KY | Cold Spring, KY | Covington, KY | Crescent Springs, KY | Crestview Hills, KY | Cynthiana, KY | Danville, KY | Edgewood, KY | Elizabethtown, KY | Erlanger, KY | Florence, KY | Fort Mitchell, KY | Fort Thomas, KY | Fort Wright, KY | Georgetown, KY | Harrodsburg, KY | Independence, KY | Jenkins, KY | Lexington, KY | Louisville, KY | Ludlow, KY | Monticello, KY | Mount Sterling, KY | Mount Washington, KY | Newport, KY | Pikeville, KY | Prestonsburg, KY | Prospect, KY | Radcliff, KY | Richmond, KY | Shelbyville, KY | Shively, KY | Springfield, KY | Union, KY | Villa Hills, KY | Walton, KY | West Liberty, KY | Williamstown, KY | Winchester, KY
Current Eastern Kentucky Time (Eastern Time)
Current time now in Time Zone: America New York (USA Eastern Time)
Towns and Cities in Kentucky on Central Time
Benton, KY | Bowling Green, KY | Burkesville, KY | Calvert City, KY | Cloverport, KY | Columbia, KY | Dawson Springs, KY | Elkton, KY | Glasgow, KY | Henderson, KY | Hopkinsville, KY | Kentucky Lake, KY | Madisonville, KY | Maysville, KY | Oak Grove, KY | Owensboro, KY | Paducah, KY | Park City, KY
Current Western Kentucky Time (Central Time)
Current time now in Time Zone: America Chicago (USA Central Time)
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For details see Kentucky Towns & Cities and Kentucky Counties for time adopted in individual places.
Does Kentucky Time observe Daylight Saving Time?
Like most states in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time is observed in Kentucky, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour, resulting in a 4 hours and 5 hours difference behind GMT for the Eastern and Western part of Kentucky respectively.
After the Summer months the time is shifted back by 1 hour resulting in the normal time difference with GMT .
Current daylight saving dates for USA
STANDARD TIME
- Standard Time began: Sunday 3 November 2019 02:00 local time. Clocks went back one hour.
- Standard Time ends: Sunday 8 March 2020 02:00 local time. Clocks go forward one hour.
USA and Canada past and future DST schedules here
Daylight Saving 2019