Eastern Time Zone Map Indiana
5 counties 4 indiana will change from central time zone to the eastern time zone effective november 04 2007.
Eastern time zone map indiana. Counties 2 observing cdt central daylight time in summer and cst central standard in winter. Pulaski county 3 indiana change from the central time zone to the eastern time zone effective march 11 2007. We re sure your cell phone will tell you the right time once you get where you re going but this is helpful information as you plan. Time zones have been debated in indiana since the us standardized them in 1918.
All of us observe daylight saving time so we turn our clocks forward an hour the second sunday in march and back an hour the first sunday in november. All of indiana is geographically situated in the central time zone as defined by the line of longitude of 90 degrees west with the natural eastern border of the time zone being 82 degrees 30 minutes longitude west running east of columbus ohio. Indiana time zone map by county counties in yellow are in the central time zone eastern most of indiana is in the eastern time zone twelve counties in western indiana are in the central time zone. Counties 1 observing edt eastern daylight time in summer and est eastern standard in winter.
Through the 1960s and 1970s the counties varied their time zones. While most of indiana is in the eastern time zone there are 12 of our 92 counties that are in the central time zone to make things convenient with their surrounding areas. The above time zones are used during other parts of the year. In 1961 the interstate commerce commission divided the state into eastern and central time but the new time zone line was not consistently observed.
Time in indiana has been debated since the standard time act put the state on central time in 1918. A few counties even switched time zones from the late 1970s onwards. They will become active again after the next clock change as daylight saving time begins or ends.