Current time in Chattanooga, United States
The current local time in Chattanooga is shown below. Chattanooga observes EST in winter and EDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Standard abbreviation
- EST
- DST abbreviation
- EDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Chattanooga?
Chattanooga sits on Eastern Time, but the Tennessee-Alabama state line just south crosses into Central Time at the Georgia border, putting the metropolitan area on a timezone boundary running through its southern suburbs. The commuter belt into north Georgia operates on Eastern Time; manufacturing and logistics traffic toward Birmingham crosses into Central. Federal DST applies on both sides, so the one-hour offset between the two zones holds steady year-round.
What are the working hours in Chattanooga?
Volkswagen's Chattanooga assembly plant (opened 2011) anchors a substantial manufacturing workforce on three-shift schedules starting 06:00, 14:30, and 22:30. Tennessee Valley Authority headquarters operates standard 08:00 to 16:30 federal hours. The city's earlier reputation for textile manufacturing has shifted toward logistics on the I-75 corridor and a growing technology cluster around the EPB municipal gigabit fibre network. The Riverbend Festival in early June and the Head of the Hooch rowing regatta in early November are the most operationally significant local calendar events.
Where is Chattanooga?
Chattanooga lies in south-eastern Tennessee on a sharp bend of the Tennessee River as it cuts through the Cumberland Plateau. The city proper holds around 185,000 residents, with the wider metropolitan area extending into north-western Georgia reaching roughly 580,000. Lookout Mountain rises to around 700 metres immediately south-west of the city, the site of significant Civil War-era engagements. The city sits around 190 kilometres south-east of Nashville and 190 kilometres north-east of Birmingham, Alabama.