Fort Rucker in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.3428, -85.7154
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1151 km away
What time is it in Fort Rucker, Alabama, United States
This is the current time in Fort Rucker, Alabama, United States, shown for the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Fort Rucker, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fort Rucker
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Fort Rucker, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:00 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 10 h 54 min Night 13 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 5:20 PM
Weather in Fort Rucker right now
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Fort Rucker and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36362
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Alabama
- Huntsville 215 006
- Birmingham 196 357
- Montgomery 195 287
- Mobile 183 289
- Tuscaloosa 111 338
- Hoover 84 848
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Fort Novosel — 0.0 km
- Bowden Terrace — 0.7 km
- Munson Heights — 1.2 km
- Allen Heights — 2.3 km
- Daleville — 3.6 km
- Gerald — 4.5 km
Fort Rucker: clock, sun and surroundings
Clocks in Fort Rucker follow America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
The day begins at Fort Rucker with sunrise at 6:00 AM and ends with sunset at 4:55 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 54 min.
Fort Rucker and nearby Fort Novosel and Bowden Terrace are never an hour apart.
Fort Rucker works with 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Fort Rucker use?
- Fort Rucker uses America/Chicago, which has an offset of −6.
- Does the clock in Fort Rucker move for summer time?
- No.
- When does evening light leave Fort Rucker?
- At 4:55 PM.