Shields in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.4678, -88.7134
- Elevation
- 150 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1014 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shields, Illinois, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Shields, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Shields, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Shields
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Shields.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 10 h 55 min Night 13 h 05 min Civil twilight 6:46 AM – 6:35 PM
Weather in Shields right now
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Shields and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 58569
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 Shields
- Shields Michigan, United States
- Shields Saskatchewan, Canada
- Shields Indiana, United States
- Shields Kansas, United States
- Shields Kentucky, 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
- Stratton — 2.5 km
- Hickory Hill — 4.5 km
- Helm — 4.8 km
- Union Town — 6.5 km
- Orchardville — 7.0 km
- Pigeon (historical) — 8.9 km
About the time in Shields
The full list of postal codes for Shields runs to 1.
The clock in Shields is set to America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Daylight in Shields starts at 7:13 AM and ends at 6:08 PM today. It lasts 10 h 55 min.
Shields keeps the same time as its neighbours Stratton and Hickory Hill.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Shields?
- The clock in Shields follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Shields?
- Daylight saving in Shields: Yes.
- Which time marks sunrise in Shields?
- 7:13 AM marks sunrise.