Current time in Denver, United States

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC-07:00 in winter, UTC-06:00 in summer.

Current time in Denver, United States
08:35 59
Friday, May 8, 2026 MDT UTC-06:00 DST in effect
UTC Offset
UTC-06:00
IANA time zone
America/Denver
Daylight saving
DST in effect
MST / MDT
Next DST change
November 1
backward -1h
Quick answer

The current local time in Denver, United States is ⁦08:35⁩ (⁦MDT⁩), which is ⁦UTC-06:00⁩.

Denver is in United States, located at 39.739, -104.985.

The current time zone for Denver is MDT, whose offset is UTC-06:00 from UTC. The IANA identifier is America/Denver.

The next daylight saving transition is November 1, 2026, when clocks move backward by 1 hour.

Timezone in Denver

Mountain Standard Time (MST)

IANA time zone: America/Denver
During winter
MST
Mountain Standard Time
UTC-07:00
Currently active
MDT
Mountain Daylight Time
UTC-06:00

Daylight in Denver today

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Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
14h 08m

Denver, United States

Country
United States
ISO code
US
Coordinates
39.7392° N, 104.9847° W
IANA zone
America/Denver
Population
729,019
Elevation
1,609 m
Local time08:35

Denver on the map · time zone

Denver, United States

  • Local time08:35
  • UTC offsetUTC-06:00
  • Time zoneAmerica/Denver
  • StatusDaylight saving
Coordinates
39.74°, -104.98°

World clock

Compared with Denver

Daylight saving time in Denver

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC-07:00 in winter, UTC-06:00 in summer.

Next DST change November 1, 2026
Direction backward
Amount 1h

DST schedule — recent & upcoming years

Spring-forward and fall-back dates in Denver.

  • 2025
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 9, 2025,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 2, 2025,
  • 2026
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 8, 2026,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 1, 2026,
  • 2027
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 14, 2027,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 7, 2027,
  • 2028
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 12, 2028,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 5, 2028,
YearDST start (spring forward)DST end (fall back)
2025Mar 9, 2025, Nov 2, 2025,
2026Mar 8, 2026, Nov 1, 2026,
2027Mar 14, 2027, Nov 7, 2027,
2028Mar 12, 2028, Nov 5, 2028,

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Denver, here are the local times elsewhere.

Denver New YorkMexico CitySão PauloLondonParisBerlinDubaiMumbai
00:00 02:00 00:00 03:00 07:00 08:00 08:00 10:00 11:30
01:00 03:00 01:00 04:00 08:00 09:00 09:00 11:00 12:30
02:00 04:00 02:00 05:00 09:00 10:00 10:00 12:00 13:30
03:00 05:00 03:00 06:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 13:00 14:30
04:00 06:00 04:00 07:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 14:00 15:30
05:00 07:00 05:00 08:00 12:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 16:30
06:00 08:00 06:00 09:00 13:00 14:00 14:00 16:00 17:30
07:00 09:00 07:00 10:00 14:00 15:00 15:00 17:00 18:30
08:00 10:00 08:00 11:00 15:00 16:00 16:00 18:00 19:30
09:00 11:00 09:00 12:00 16:00 17:00 17:00 19:00 20:30
10:00 12:00 10:00 13:00 17:00 18:00 18:00 20:00 21:30
11:00 13:00 11:00 14:00 18:00 19:00 19:00 21:00 22:30
12:00 14:00 12:00 15:00 19:00 20:00 20:00 22:00 23:30
13:00 15:00 13:00 16:00 20:00 21:00 21:00 23:00 00:30 +1
14:00 16:00 14:00 17:00 21:00 22:00 22:00 00:00 +1 01:30 +1
15:00 17:00 15:00 18:00 22:00 23:00 23:00 01:00 +1 02:30 +1
16:00 18:00 16:00 19:00 23:00 00:00 +1 00:00 +1 02:00 +1 03:30 +1
17:00 19:00 17:00 20:00 00:00 +1 01:00 +1 01:00 +1 03:00 +1 04:30 +1
18:00 20:00 18:00 21:00 01:00 +1 02:00 +1 02:00 +1 04:00 +1 05:30 +1
19:00 21:00 19:00 22:00 02:00 +1 03:00 +1 03:00 +1 05:00 +1 06:30 +1
20:00 22:00 20:00 23:00 03:00 +1 04:00 +1 04:00 +1 06:00 +1 07:30 +1
21:00 23:00 21:00 00:00 +1 04:00 +1 05:00 +1 05:00 +1 07:00 +1 08:30 +1
22:00 00:00 +1 22:00 01:00 +1 05:00 +1 06:00 +1 06:00 +1 08:00 +1 09:30 +1
23:00 01:00 +1 23:00 02:00 +1 06:00 +1 07:00 +1 07:00 +1 09:00 +1 10:30 +1

Frequently Asked Questions

The current local time in Denver, United States is 08:35 (MDT). Denver uses the America/Denver time zone, which is UTC-06:00.

Denver uses MST (UTC-07:00) in winter and switches to MDT (UTC-06:00) during daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is America/Denver.

Yes. The next daylight saving transition in Denver is on November 1, 2026. Clocks will move backward by 1 hour.

The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Denver is America/Denver. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.

It is currently AM in Denver. The local time is 08:35 (MDT).

Denver is UTC-07:00 from UTC during standard time and UTC-06:00 during daylight saving time. It is currently UTC-06:00.

The next daylight saving transition in Denver is on November 1, 2026. Clocks move backward by 1 hour at 01:00 local time.

Denver is currently 2 hours behind New York.