Time in Denver
Denver runs on America/Denver, currently UTC-6 (MDT). Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Denver, United States
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- America/Denver
- Abbreviation
- MDT
- Standard offset
- UTC-7
- Daylight offset
- UTC-6
- Country
- United States (US)
- Coordinates
- 39.74, -104.99
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Denver change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-11-01 at 01:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC-6 → UTC-7)
- 2027-03-14 at 01:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC-7 → UTC-6)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:17
- Sunset
- 19:49
- Daylight
- 13 hours 32 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Denver in?
- Denver uses the America/Denver time zone, currently UTC-6 (MDT). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Denver observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Denver moves between UTC-7 in winter and UTC-6 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Denver and UTC?
- UTC-6 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC-7 and UTC-6 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in Denver?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:17 and sunset 19:49 local time, giving 13 hours 32 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.