# Time in Alabama

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{{Short description|Time zone in North America}}
All of the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Alabama](/source/Alabama) is in the [Central Time Zone](/source/Central_Time_Zone_(North_America)) ([UTC−06:00](/source/UTC%E2%88%9206%3A00), DST [UTC−05:00](/source/UTC%E2%88%9205%3A00)) and observes [daylight saving time](/source/daylight_saving_time).

Unofficially, [Phenix City](/source/Phenix_City%2C_Alabama) in [Russell County](/source/Russell_County%2C_Alabama) and an area surrounding it, [Lanett](/source/Lanett%2C_Alabama) and [Valley](/source/Valley%2C_Alabama) in [Chambers County](/source/Chambers_County%2C_Alabama) and some towns in [Lee County](/source/Lee_County%2C_Alabama) observe [Eastern Time](/source/Eastern_Time_Zone) ([UTC−05:00](/source/UTC%E2%88%9205%3A00), DST [UTC−04:00](/source/UTC%E2%88%9204%3A00)).<ref>{{cite web|title=northamerica|url=http://ftp.iana.org/tz/data/northamerica|work=tzdata|publisher=IANA|accessdate=2012-06-08|year=2012c}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A time zone can be a state of mind|newspaper=The Huntsville Times|date=2005-08-26|page=2A}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Grubman|first=Cathy|title=What Time Is It Anyway? It Depends on Your Location & the Season|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=1994-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Exceptions, Oddities, and Notes|url=http://ontimezone.com/exceptions.php|publisher=OnTimeZone.com|accessdate=2012-06-08}}</ref>  In the case of Lannett and Valley, the exception was originally due to the local West Point Pepperell textile mills having headquarters in [West Point, Georgia](/source/West_Point%2C_Georgia), in the Eastern Time Zone.<ref>Kelly Kazek. [https://www.al.com/living/2017/02/do_you_know_which_alabama_town.html "Do you know which Alabama towns are in a different time zone?."] ''AL.com.'' 6 February 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2024.</ref>

==IANA time zone database==
The [IANA time zone database](/source/IANA_time_zone_database) identifier for Alabama is ''America/Chicago''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Time Zone Database |url=https://www.iana.org/time-zones |website=www.iana.org}}</ref>

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Alabama
Category:Geography of Alabama

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