Taft in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.3423, -85.6272
- Elevation
- 225 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 918 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Taft, Alabama, United States
What follows is the current local time in Taft, Alabama, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Taft, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Taft
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Taft.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:57 AM Solar noon 12:28 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 11 h 01 min Night 12 h 59 min Civil twilight 6:32 AM – 6:24 PM
Weather in Taft right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Taft and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 38488
- 74463
- 78390
- 93268
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
Other places named Taft
- Taft Yazd Province, Iran
- Taft California, United States
- Taft Eastern Visayas, Philippines
- Taft Texas, United States
- Taft Florida, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Loop — 2.6 km
- Blanche — 2.8 km
- Congo — 4.1 km
- Waterloo Springs — 4.2 km
- Watson — 5.1 km
- Grassland — 6.0 km
Time and daylight in Taft
The hours shown for Taft apply equally in Loop and Blanche.
Postal codes tied to Taft number 4.
Taft is placed in America/Chicago, and its offset from UTC is −5. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.
The sun breaks the horizon at Taft at 6:57 AM and leaves it at 5:58 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 01 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Taft based on?
- The clock in Taft is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time used in Taft?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Taft?
- The hour is 5:58 PM.