Time in Lincoln, United States of America | Lincoln Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Lincoln
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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln
- ▪Sunrise: 07:45
- ▪Sunset: 18:35
- ▪Day length: 10h 50m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:11
- ▪Current time in Lincoln is currently 71 minutes ahead of solar time.
Lincoln on map
- ▪Location: Nebraska, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 40,80. Longitude: -96,67
- ▪Population: 294,757
- ▪Elevation: 367 m
Time difference
from Lincoln
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:45
Solar noon 13:11Sunset 18:35
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, 17 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792676131
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:45
- Sunset
- 18:35
- Solar noon
- 13:11
- Day length
- 10h 50m
- Night length
- 13h 09m
- Civil twilight
- 07:17 – 19:03
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Nebraska
- Coordinates
- 40.800°, -96.667°
- Elevation
- 367 m
- Population
- 294,757
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