What time is it in Rockwall, Texas?
7:03:41 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
- 53,547
Daylight saving in Rockwall
Rockwall is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Rockwall sits at 32.92°N, 96.44°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Rockwall.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Rockwall it is highest at 1:17 pm today — 77 minutes after clock noon.
At 96.4°W, Rockwall 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 Rockwall today
- Sunrise
- 7:16 am
- Sunset
- 7:18 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 19 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Rockwall, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 21 minutes, from 14 hours 19 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 59 minutes in December.
At 32.9°N that puts Rockwall between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.