What time is it in Gladstone, Missouri?

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

Gladstone sits at 39.21°N, 94.56°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Gladstone.

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

At 94.6°W, Gladstone 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 Gladstone, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 32 minutes, from 14 hours 56 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 24 minutes in December.

At 39.2°N that puts Gladstone between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.