What time is it in Gadsden, Alabama?
7:54:11 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
- 33,086
Daylight saving in Gadsden
Gadsden is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Gadsden sits at 34.01°N, 86.02°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Gadsden.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Gadsden it is highest at 12:35 pm today — 35 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.0°W, Gadsden sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Gadsden today
- Sunrise
- 6:34 am
- Sunset
- 6:36 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 25 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Gadsden, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 32 minutes, from 14 hours 25 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 53 minutes in December.
At 34.0°N that puts Gadsden between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.