United States
Time now in Fayette County
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:59Sunset 08:01Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
24,435
Sunrise
06:59
Sunset
08:01
Day length
13h 01m
Coordinates
29.88, -96.92
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About the time in Fayette County
The zone identifier America/Chicago is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Chicago keeps pointing at Chicago time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Fayette County 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Fayette County 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Fayette County
- When do the sun rise and set in Fayette County today?
- Sunrise is at 06:59 and sunset at 08:01, giving 13h 01m of daylight.
- What time is it in Fayette County right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Fayette County, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Fayette County in?
- Fayette County uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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