United States
Time now in Canton
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:28Sunset 07:37Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
13,189
Sunrise
06:28
Sunset
07:37
Day length
13h 09m
Coordinates
32.60, -90.03
Time difference from Canton
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Canton right now.
Canton on the map
About the time in Canton
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Canton day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Canton runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Canton is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −5 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in Canton
- What time is it in Canton right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Canton, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- Which time zone is Canton in?
- Canton uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Canton?
- Canton is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Canton change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
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