Time zone
- Currently Central Daylight Time (CDT), UTC -5
- Standard time (Central Standard Time (CST), UTC -6) starts November 6, 2016
The IANA time zone identifier for Chicago is America/Chicago.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Chicago
- Sunrise: 05:15AM
- Sunset: 08:25PM
- Day length: 15h 10m
- Solar noon: 12:50PM
- The current local time in Chicago is 50 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.