Current time for most counties: 09:39, November 25, 2025CST[refresh]
Current time for El Paso and Hudspeth counties: 08:39, November 25, 2025MST[refresh]
Most ofTexas is in theCentral Time Zone with the exception being the two westernmost counties.
NorthwesternCulberson County nearGuadalupe Mountains National Park unofficially observesMountain Time Zone.[1]
The 2 zones for Texas as given byzone.tab of theIANA time zone database. Columns marked * are from the zone.tab.
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | comments* | UTC offset | UTC offset DST | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | +415100−0873900 | America/Chicago | Central (most areas) | −06:00 | −05:00 | |
| US | +394421−1045903 | America/Denver | Mountain (most areas) | −07:00 | −06:00 |
The "Panhandle andPlains" section of Texas is now in the Central Time Zone, but had a two-year period of being in the Mountain Time Zone between 1919 and 1921.[2]