Current time for most counties: 20:30, October 7, 2024 EDT [refresh]
Current time for some panhandle counties: 19:30, October 7, 2024 CDT [refresh]
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.