What time is it in Fort Smith, Arkansas?

Fort Smith is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Fort Smith sits at 35.35°N, 94.37°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Fort Smith.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Fort Smith it is highest at 1:09 pm today — 69 minutes after clock noon.

At 94.4°W, Fort Smith sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Fort Smith, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 47 minutes, from 14 hours 33 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 46 minutes in December.

At 35.3°N that puts Fort Smith between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.