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Time in South Dakota, United States now

08:10:22AM

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

World Health Day / International Beaver Day

South Dakota has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Pierre is used here.
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UTC -5

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
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 March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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