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What time is it in North Dakota? This is a commonly asked question — but this question requires a question in return — where in North Dakota?

North Dakota actually has 2 time zones — the Mountain and Central Time Zones to be exact. Approximately 3/4 of North Dakota in the Central Time Zone. Geographically, the southwest corner of North Dakota is in the Mountain Time Zone.

Keep reading to learn more about time zones in North Dakota.

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There are, in total, 53 counties in North Dakota. Of these 53 counties, 42 (or 79% of them) are located in the Central Time Zone. There are 8 counties are located in the Mountain Time Zone. In addition, there are 3 county that are split between these two time zones.

The 8 counties in the Mountain Time Zone are Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger, Slope and Stark.

The 3 counties that are split between the two time zones are: Sioux, Dunn and McKenzie.

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The 2 Time Zones in North Dakota

Time Zone Data

Information about the time zones in North Dakota.

Notice how the counties in the bottom left (southwest) corner are yellow indicating those locations are in the Mountain Time Zone.

All of North Dakota observes daylight saving time (DST).

Daylight saving time (DST) schedule:

→ At 2 AM local time, clocks are advanced 1 hour on the second Sunday in March.

→ At 2 AM local time, clocks go back 1 hour on the first Sunday in November.

By using the following time zone chart you can see the time differences between the 4 main time zones in the United States including the Central Time Zone (most of North Dakota) and the Mountain Time Zone (a small portion of North Dakota).

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