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What time is it in North Dakota?

2:29:39AM

Central Standard TimeUTC-6America/Chicago

North Dakota observes Daylight Saving Time

Clocks go forward an hour on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November, so North Dakota is on Central Daylight Time in summer and Central Standard Time in winter.

Most of North Dakota is Central Time. The south-western corner, including Dickinson, keeps Mountain Time.

When the clocks change — the next date, and every one to 2031.

North Dakota spans 5 zones

North Dakota cities on a different clock

Most of North Dakota keeps one zone, but 3 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.

Local time by city in North Dakota

Sunrise and sunset across North Dakota