Time in South Dakota, United States now

07:25:18AM

Thursday, February 12, 2026

South Dakota has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Pierre is used here.
Sun: ↑ 07:45AM ↓ 06:06PM (10h 21m) - More info - Make South Dakota time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for South Dakota

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in South Dakota is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in South Dakota can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for South Dakota is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Sunrise: 07:45AM
Sunset: 06:06PM
Day length: 10h 21m
Solar noon: 12:56PM
The current local time in South Dakota is 56 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.