Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: CDT (UTC/GMT -05:00) — America/Chicago
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -5 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -05:00) America/Chicago |
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Lincoln clocks, offsets and daylight saving
Lincoln runs on CDT. That places it 5 hours behind UTC (UTC-05:00); in a calendar, server config or booking form, select America/Chicago.
Lincoln observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 01 November 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes CST.
Across United States there are 10 distinct time zones among these 419 cities, so "local time" there depends entirely on which city you mean.
Time gaps from Lincoln right now
How Lincoln lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Lincoln is 1 hour behind |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Lincoln is 2 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Lincoln is 6 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Lincoln is 7 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Lincoln is 9 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Lincoln is 10 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Lincoln is 13 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Lincoln is 14 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Lincoln is 15 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Lincoln is 2 hours behind |
When Lincoln and other cities overlap
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Lincoln local time.
| New York | 09:00–16:00 in Lincoln | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 11:00–17:00 in Lincoln | 6 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–15:00 in Lincoln | 6 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–11:00 in Lincoln | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Sharing Lincoln's time zone
These United States cities also use America/Chicago, so their clocks read identically to Lincoln at every moment of the year.
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