United States
Time now in Taft
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 07:03Sunset 08:00Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
—
Sunrise
07:03
Sunset
08:00
Day length
12h 57m
Coordinates
27.98, -97.39
Time difference from Taft
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Taft right now.
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About the time in Taft
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.
Taft 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.
Sunrise today lands at 07:03 and sunset at 08:00 local time, giving 12h 57m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (27.98, -97.39) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Taft.
Frequently asked questions about time in Taft
- When do the sun rise and set in Taft today?
- Sunrise is at 07:03 and sunset at 08:00, giving 12h 57m of daylight.
- What time is it in Taft right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Taft, 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 Taft in?
- Taft uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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