Shields in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.8965, -83.1418
- Elevation
- 427 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 580 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shields, Kentucky, United States
Local time right now in Shields, Kentucky, United States appears above, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Shields, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Shields
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Shields keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:18 PM Sunset 6:47 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 7:22 AM – 7:14 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 Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
Other places named Shields
- Shields Michigan, United States
- Shields Saskatchewan, Canada
- Shields Illinois, United States
- Shields Indiana, United States
- Shields Kansas, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Gano — 0.9 km
- Benito — 1.3 km
- Ridgeway — 1.5 km
- Colts — 1.8 km
- Highsplint — 2.2 km
- Short Town — 2.7 km
Shields: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbouring Gano and Benito sit in the same time as Shields.
Addressing within Shields draws on 1 postal code.
The time zone in effect for Shields is America/New_York, at UTC−4. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Sunrise today in Shields lands at 7:49 AM; sunset lands at 6:47 PM. That is 10 h 59 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Shields fall?
- Shields falls under America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Shields run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Shields: Yes.
- How late does the sun set in Shields?
- The last sunlight comes at 6:47 PM.