Shields in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.5932, -99.4242
- Elevation
- 487 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2182 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shields, Texas, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Shields, Texas, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Shields, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Shields
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Shields keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:48 AM Solar noon 1:23 PM Sunset 6:58 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 7:23 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 Texas
- Houston 2 314 157
- San Antonio 1 526 656
- Dallas 1 326 087
- Fort Worth 1 008 106
- Austin 974 447
- El Paso 678 815
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/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Mozelle — 6.5 km
- Gouldbusk — 6.5 km
- Fisk — 10.6 km
- Rockwood — 11.3 km
- Voss — 13.4 km
- Hays Crossing — 13.7 km
Time and daylight in Shields
1 codes make up the postal map of Shields.
Shields uses the America/Chicago time zone with a UTC−5 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
Today in Shields, daylight opens at 7:48 AM and closes at 6:58 PM. That span measures 11 h 11 min.
There is no time difference between Shields and nearby Gouldbusk or Mozelle.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Shields?
- The time in Shields is calculated using America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Shields follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Shields: Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Shields?
- Sunrise is at 7:48 AM and sunset at 6:58 PM.