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Time in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States now

11:23:23AM

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Republic Day (Turkey) / World Stroke Day

Lincoln switches to standard time at 02:00AM on Sunday, November 2. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:53AM ↓ 06:28PM (10h 35m) - More info - Make Lincoln time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Lincoln

UTC -5

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 2 November 2025: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
The time in Lincoln 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 Lincoln can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Lincoln is America/Chicago.

Sunday March 9 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday November 2 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Lincoln

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Lincoln

Sunrise: 07:53AM
Sunset: 06:28PM
Day length: 10h 35m
Solar noon: 01:10PM
The current local time in Lincoln is 70 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Lincoln on the map

Location: Nebraska, United States
Latitude: 40.80. Longitude: -96.67
Population: 295,000
Elevation: 370 m

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