IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Indiana/Tell_City

The IANA tz database identifier for Central Standard Time in United States. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC-05:00Abbreviation CDTObserves daylight saving
Time in America/Indiana/Tell_City☾ Night
18:01:10
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Offset
UTC-05:00
Abbreviation
CDT
DST
Active

Current offset

UTC-05:00

standard UTC-06:00 · daylight UTC-05:00

Abbreviation

CDT

the daylight-saving form

DST behaviour

Observes

changes clocks twice a year

Country

🇺🇸 United States

ISO 3166: US · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Indiana/Tell_City is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing CDT or -05:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'America/Indiana/Tell_City',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

Two offsets,
every year.

America/Indiana/Tell_City alternates between CST (UTC-06:00) and CDT (UTC-05:00). Right now it is on CDT; clocks fall back on 1 November 2026.

The year at a glance

CST · UTC-06:00CDT · UTC-05:00CST · UTC-06:008 Mar · +1h1 Nov · −1h Jan 2026 Dec

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierAmerica/Indiana/Tell_City
ISO country codeUS🇺🇸 United States
Reference coordinates37.95°N, 86.76°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-06:00abbreviation CST
Daylight offsetUTC-05:00abbreviation CDT
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

One of United States's 29 zones.

🇺🇸
United States

340M people, 29 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Country page →

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Central Standard Time

other identifiers keeping CST

Same offset · UTC-05:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is America/Indiana/Tell_City?
America/Indiana/Tell_City is currently UTC-05:00 (CDT). It alternates between UTC-06:00 in winter and UTC-05:00 in summer.
Does America/Indiana/Tell_City observe daylight saving time?
Yes. Clocks fall back at the next transition on 1 November 2026, as they do twice every year.
Which country uses America/Indiana/Tell_City?
United States. It is one of 29 IANA zones covering the country.
Is America/Indiana/Tell_City the same as CST?
America/Indiana/Tell_City is one of the IANA zones that keeps Central Standard Time (CST). Use America/Indiana/Tell_City in software — CST is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation, DST status and next clock change, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/America/Indiana/Tell_City
{
"data": {
"iana": "America/Indiana/Tell_City",
"observes_dst": true,
"country": { "code": "US", "name": "United States" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "-05:00",
"abbreviation": "CDT",
…
},
…
}
}