Jay in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.5952, -90.4684
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1607 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Jay, Louisiana, United States
The reading below is the local time in Jay, Louisiana, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Jay, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Jay
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Jay keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:05 AM Solar noon 12:48 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 11 h 27 min Night 12 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:41 AM – 6:56 PM
Weather in Jay right now
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Jay and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04239
- 12941
- 32565
- 74346
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.
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Local time details for Jay
Sunrise today is 7:05 AM in Jay, with sunset at 6:32 PM. That works out to 11 h 27 min of light.
The time in Jay is also the time in nearby Valentine and Norah.
4 postal codes are attached to Jay.
The time zone here in Jay is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Jay?
- Use America/Chicago to show the time in Jay; its offset is −5.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Jay?
- Daylight saving time in Jay: Yes.
- When does light arrive in Jay?
- Light arrives at 7:05 AM.