United States
Time now in Lake of the Woods
Sunrise 06:10Sunset 07:43Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
2,912
Sunrise
06:10
Sunset
07:43
Day length
13h 33m
Coordinates
40.21, -88.37
Time difference from Lake of the Woods
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About the time in Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods 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 Lake of the Woods 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.
Lake of the Woods 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 Lake of the Woods
- 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.
- What time is it in Lake of the Woods right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Lake of the Woods, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- Which time zone is Lake of the Woods in?
- Lake of the Woods uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
- Does Lake of the Woods change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
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