What time is it in Red Oak, Texas?

Red Oak is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Red Oak sits at 32.51°N, 96.78°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Red Oak.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Red Oak it is highest at 1:18 pm today — 78 minutes after clock noon.

At 96.8°W, Red Oak 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.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Red Oak, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 17 minutes, from 14 hours 17 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 1 minute in December.

At 32.5°N that puts Red Oak between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.