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What time is it in Ocean Springs, Mississippi?

7:05:25 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
18,954

Daylight saving in Ocean Springs

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

Ocean Springs sits at 30.40°N, 88.79°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Ocean Springs.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Ocean Springs it is highest at 12:46 pm today — 46 minutes after clock noon.

At 88.8°W, Ocean Springs 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.

Daylight in Ocean Springs today

Sunrise
6:45 am
Sunset
6:48 pm
Day length
12 hours 3 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 7 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Ocean Springs, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 56 minutes, from 14 hours 7 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 11 minutes in December.

At 30.4°N that puts Ocean Springs between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.