What time is it in Alabaster, Alabama?
7:03:58 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 34,460
Daylight saving in Alabaster
Alabaster is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Alabaster sits at 33.21°N, 86.82°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Alabaster.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Alabaster it is highest at 12:38 pm today — 38 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.8°W, Alabaster sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Alabaster today
- Sunrise
- 6:37 am
- Sunset
- 6:40 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 21 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Alabaster, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 24 minutes, from 14 hours 21 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 57 minutes in December.
At 33.2°N that puts Alabaster between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.