Shanks in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.3143, -78.6878
- Elevation
- 343 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 150 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shanks, West Virginia, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Shanks, West Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Shanks, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Shanks
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Shanks keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:16 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 6:44 PM
Weather in Shanks right now
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Shanks and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26761
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 West Virginia
- Huntington 48 638
- Charleston 46 838
- Parkersburg 30 991
- Morgantown 30 708
- Wheeling 27 648
- Weirton Heights 19 450
Other places named Shanks
- Shanks Quebec, Canada
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
- Frenchburg — 2.3 km
- Augusta — 4.8 km
- Barnes Mill — 6.0 km
- Hampshire County — 6.3 km
- Romney — 6.7 km
- Vance — 8.3 km
Time and daylight in Shanks
Shanks is mapped by 1 postal code.
Shanks runs its day on America/New_York, which is offset UTC−4. Seasonal time adjustment: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:42 AM in Shanks today and sunset at 6:16 PM. That marks 10 h 34 min of daylight.
The time given for Shanks holds for nearby Frenchburg and Augusta too.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Shanks follow?
- Shanks follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Shanks?
- Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Shanks?
- Sunrise is at 7:42 AM and sunset at 6:16 PM.