Fortson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.3779, -84.2888
- Elevation
- 265 m above sea level
- Region
- Georgia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 894 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fortson, Georgia, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Fortson, Georgia, United States, which uses America/New_York (−5).
Fortson, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Fortson
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Fortson keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:57 AM Solar noon 12:22 PM Sunset 5:47 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:31 AM – 6:13 PM
Weather in Fortson right now
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Fortson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 31808
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 Georgia
- Atlanta 510 823
- Columbus 206 922
- Savannah 147 780
- Athens 127 315
- South Fulton 107 436
- Sandy Springs 105 330
Other places named Fortson
Same time zone — America/New_York
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About the time in Fortson
The sun climbs above Fortson at 6:57 AM and dips below at 5:47 PM. Between them sit 10 h 50 min of daylight.
Time in Hampton and Caruso, both close to Fortson, runs the same.
Every address in Fortson sits within one of 1 postal code.
Fortson holds to America/New_York time, which equals UTC−5. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Fortson?
- Fortson is covered by the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Fortson run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Fortson: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Fortson?
- It sets at 5:47 PM.