Fort Jackson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.3542, -89.4585
- Elevation
- -1 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1557 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fort Jackson, Louisiana, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Fort Jackson, Louisiana, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Fort Jackson, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fort Jackson
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Fort Jackson keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:17 AM Solar noon 11:43 AM Sunset 5:08 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:53 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in Fort Jackson right now
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Fort Jackson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70041 Buras — 6.4 km away
- 70038 Boothville — 9.1 km away
- 70091 Venice — 12.7 km away
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 Louisiana
- New Orleans 362 701
- Baton Rouge 227 470
- Shreveport 187 593
- Metairie Terrace 142 489
- Metairie 138 481
- Lafayette 121 374
Other places named Fort Jackson
- Fort Jackson New York, United States
- Fort Jackson South Carolina, 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
- Triumph — 2.4 km
- Gulftown — 3.8 km
- Boothville — 3.9 km
- Buras-Triumph — 4.2 km
- Olga — 5.5 km
- Buras — 6.4 km
Local time details for Fort Jackson
3 postal codes are current for Fort Jackson.
The time standard for Fort Jackson is America/Chicago at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Today's schedule for Fort Jackson: sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 5:08 PM. That gives 10 h 51 min of daylight.
Look nearby and you will see Triumph and Gulftown on the same clock as Fort Jackson.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Fort Jackson?
- The time zone assigned to Fort Jackson is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is the time in Fort Jackson adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- What time does the sun rise in Fort Jackson?
- The sun rises in Fort Jackson at 6:17 AM.