What time is it in Jackson, Tennessee?
7:04:01 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
- 69,303
Daylight saving in Jackson
Jackson is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Jackson sits at 35.66°N, 88.84°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Jackson.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Jackson it is highest at 12:46 pm today — 46 minutes after clock noon.
At 88.8°W, Jackson 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 Jackson today
- Sunrise
- 6:45 am
- Sunset
- 6:47 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 34 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Jackson, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 50 minutes, from 14 hours 34 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 44 minutes in December.
At 35.7°N that puts Jackson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.