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What time is it in Tennessee?

2:09:44AM

Central Standard TimeUTC-6America/Chicago

Tennessee observes Daylight Saving Time

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

Middle and West Tennessee, including Nashville and Memphis, are on Central Time. East Tennessee, including Knoxville and Chattanooga, keeps Eastern Time.

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

Tennessee spans 2 zones

Tennessee cities on a different clock

Most of Tennessee keeps one zone, but 11 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 Tennessee

Sunrise and sunset across Tennessee