Current time for most counties: 21:59, November 16, 2024 EST [refresh ]
Current time for some panhandle counties: 20:59, November 16, 2024 CST [refresh ]
Time zone of Florida, United States
Map of Florida time zones . Counties in red follow central time. Counties in yellow follow eastern time. Counties with a checkerboard pattern have areas that follow both time zones.
Entering Gulf County / Entering Eastern Time Zone
Most of Florida is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC−05:00 , DST UTC−04:00 ).
The following parts of the Florida panhandle in northwest Florida are in the Central Time Zone (UTC−06:00 , DST UTC−05:00 ):
Bay County , 2010 population 168,852
Calhoun County , 2010 population 14,625
Escambia County , 2010 population 297,619
Holmes County , 2010 population 19,927
Jackson County , 2010 population 49,746
Okaloosa County 2010 population 180,822
Santa Rosa County , 2010 population 151,372
Walton County , 2010 population 55,043
Washington County , 2010 population 24,935
Northern part of Gulf County
The 2010 population of all counties that are entirely in the Central Time zone was 995,882 out of a total state population of 18,801,310 at that time, or 5.3% of the total state population.
Daylight saving time is observed throughout the state.