South Dakota Time

Current time in South Dakota Time Zone

Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time (DST) rules

Current Eastern South Dakota Time (Central Time)

Current time now in Time Zone: America Chicago (USA Central Time)

The Eastern part of South Dakota (including Pierre , the State capital)  is in the Central Time Zone in the United States. Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6).

The Western part of South Dakota is in the Mountain Time Zone in the United States. Mountain Standard Time (MST) is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-7).

Towns and Cities in South Dakota on Central Time

Aberdeen, SD | Beresford, SD | Brandon, SD | Brookings, SD | Canton, SD | Carthage, SD | Chamberlain, SD |  Clark, SD |  Dell Rapids, SD | Delmont, SD | Emery, SD | Flandreau, SD |  Harrisburg, SD | Hartford, SD | Howard, SD | Huron, SD | Lake Preston, SD | Lennox, SD |  Madison, SD | Millbank, SD | Mitchell, SD | Mobridge, SD | Murdo, SD | North Sioux City, SD | Onida, SD | Parkston, SD | Pierre, SD | Redfield, SD | Salem, SD | Sioux Falls, SD | Sisseton, SD | Springfield, SD | Tea, SD | Vermillion, SD | Wagner, SD | Watertown, SD | Webster, SD | Wessington Springs, SD | Winner, SD | Woonsocket, SD | Yankton, SD

Current Western South Dakota Time (Mountain Time)

Current time now in Time Zone: America Denver (USA Mountain Time)

Towns and Cities in South Dakota on Mountain Time

Belle Fourche, SD | Box Elder, SD |  Custer, SD | Deadwood, SD |  Edgemont, SD |  Faith, SD |  Fort Pierre, SD | Hot Springs, SD |  Keystone, SD |  Lead, SD | Rapid City, SD | Spearfish, SD |  Sturgis, SD

Does South Dakota Time observe Daylight Saving Time?

Like most states in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time is observed in South Dakota Time , where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour, resulting in a 5 hours and 6 hours difference behind GMT for the Eastern and Western part of South Dakota Time respectively.

After the Summer months the time in South Dakota Time is shifted back by 1 hour resulting in the normal time difference behind GMT.

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