What time is it in Denison, Texas?
7:03:31 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
- 26,446
Daylight saving in Denison
Denison is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Denison sits at 33.77°N, 96.58°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Denison.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Denison it is highest at 1:17 pm today — 77 minutes after clock noon.
At 96.6°W, Denison 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 Denison today
- Sunrise
- 7:16 am
- Sunset
- 7:19 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 24 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Denison, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 30 minutes, from 14 hours 24 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 54 minutes in December.
At 33.8°N that puts Denison between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.