Shields in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.4153, -84.0564
- Elevation
- 182 m above sea level
- Population
- 6 587
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 773 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
The current local time in Shields, Michigan, United States — time zone America/Detroit (−5) — is shown right here.
Shields, United States
Thursday, 12 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Detroit
Local time in Shields
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Shields.
Sunrise 7:27 AM Solar noon 12:22 PM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 9 h 49 min Night 14 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:56 AM – 5:47 PM
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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.
The day begins at Shields with sunrise at 7:27 AM and ends with sunset at 5:16 PM. Daylight totals 9 h 49 min.
Shields and its neighbours Paines and Saginaw Township South keep one clock.
The area of Shields is divided into 1 postal code.
Shields holds to America/Detroit time, which equals UTC−5. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.