What time is it in Kentucky?
3:09:44AM
Eastern Standard TimeUTC-5America/Kentucky/Louisville
Kentucky observes Daylight Saving Time
Clocks go forward an hour on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November, so Kentucky is on Eastern Daylight Time in summer and Eastern Standard Time in winter.
Eastern Kentucky, including Louisville and Lexington, is on Eastern Time. The western third of the state, including Bowling Green and Paducah, keeps Central Time.
When the clocks change — the next date, and every one to 2031.
Kentucky spans 4 zones
- Eastern Standard TimeUTC-5America/Kentucky/Louisville
- Eastern Standard TimeUTC-5America/New_York
- Central Standard TimeUTC-6America/Chicago
- Eastern Standard TimeUTC-5America/Kentucky/Monticello
Kentucky cities on a different clock
Most of Kentucky keeps one zone, but 20 cities do not. Each has its own page, because the answer there is genuinely different — everywhere else in the state the clock is the one above.