Current time in Clarksville, United States
The current local time in Clarksville is shown below. Clarksville observes CST in winter and CDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Chicago
- Standard abbreviation
- CST
- DST abbreviation
- CDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Clarksville?
Clarksville uses Central Time, in the western half of Tennessee that operates on this offset. The state splits between Eastern (Knoxville, Chattanooga) and Central (Nashville, Memphis, Clarksville) zones along an irregular boundary. The federal DST schedule applies. Kentucky immediately north also splits between Eastern and Central zones, with the western half on Central time matching Clarksville. Fort Campbell straddles a state line but no time line. The city's longitude around 87.4 degrees west sits west of the Central Standard Time meridian. Nashville to the south-east shares the zone.
What are the working hours in Clarksville?
The military economy anchored by Fort Campbell (around 30,000 active-duty personnel plus civilian employees), Austin Peay State University, and a substantial logistics sector along the Interstate 24 corridor anchor employment. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00 in civilian sectors. Military hours often begin earlier with 06:30 physical training. The 101st Airborne's frequent deployments produce unusual military-family scheduling considerations across the regional economy. The Riverfest in September and the Rivers and Spires festival in April are the largest local civic events. Tennessee's lack of state income tax shapes the commercial environment.
Where is Clarksville?
Clarksville sits in north-central Tennessee along the Cumberland River, immediately south of the Kentucky border and around 75 kilometres north-west of Nashville. The city proper holds around 170,000 residents and Montgomery County roughly 230,000. Fort Campbell, the major US Army installation home to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky border immediately north of the city. Around half the post's population sits on the Kentucky side, an unusual cross-state military installation. The Cumberland River runs west toward the Ohio River.