Time in Elgin, United States of America | Elgin Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Elgin
UTC -5
Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
▪Time in Elgin is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Elgin is
America/Chicago.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Elgin
- ▪Sunrise: 07:13
- ▪Sunset: 18:00
- ▪Day length: 10h 46m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:37
- ▪Current time in Elgin is currently 37 minutes ahead of solar time.
Elgin on map
- ▪Location: Illinois, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 42,04. Longitude: -88,28
- ▪Population: 112,111
- ▪Elevation: 227 m
Time difference
from Elgin
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:13
Solar noon 12:37Sunset 18:00
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 19 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792668451
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:13
- Sunset
- 18:00
- Solar noon
- 12:37
- Day length
- 10h 46m
- Night length
- 13h 13m
- Civil twilight
- 06:45 – 18:29
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Illinois
- Coordinates
- 42.037°, -88.281°
- Elevation
- 227 m
- Population
- 112,111
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