What time is it in Carrollton, Texas?
7:04:10 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
- 135,456
Daylight saving in Carrollton
Carrollton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Carrollton sits at 32.99°N, 96.90°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Carrollton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Carrollton it is highest at 1:19 pm today — 79 minutes after clock noon.
At 96.9°W, Carrollton 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 Carrollton today
- Sunrise
- 7:18 am
- Sunset
- 7:20 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 20 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Carrollton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 22 minutes, from 14 hours 20 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 58 minutes in December.
At 33.0°N that puts Carrollton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.