Mechanicsburg in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.8095, -89.3973
- Elevation
- 180 m above sea level
- Population
- 629
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1067 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mechanicsburg, Illinois, United States
The time in Mechanicsburg, Illinois, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Mechanicsburg, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Mechanicsburg
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Mechanicsburg keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:10 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:19 PM Daylight 11 h 09 min Night 12 h 51 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Mechanicsburg right now
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Mechanicsburg and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 17050
- 17055
- 43044
- 62545
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 Illinois
Other places named Mechanicsburg
- Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania, United States
- Mechanicsburg Ohio, United States
- Mechanicsburg West Virginia, United States
- Mechanicsburg Indiana, United States
- Mechanicsburg Indiana, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
Mechanicsburg: clock, sun and surroundings
There are 4 postal codes assigned to Mechanicsburg.
The offset in Mechanicsburg is UTC−5, under the America/Chicago time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise today in Mechanicsburg lands at 7:10 AM; sunset lands at 6:19 PM. That is 11 h 09 min of light.
Mechanicsburg and nearby Buffalo and Lanesville are never an hour apart.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Mechanicsburg?
- Enter America/Chicago as the time zone for Mechanicsburg; its offset is −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Mechanicsburg — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Mechanicsburg: Yes.
- What is the sunrise time for Mechanicsburg?
- 7:10 AM.