A majority of North Dakota counties are located in the Central Time Zone, with 8 counties in the southwest, west of the Missouri River, following Mountain Time.[1][2]

Counties of North Dakota observing Mountain Time Zone
  Entire county observing Mountain Standard Time (MST)
  Part of county observing MST
Counties colored white observe central standard time

The counties which observe MST are as follows:[3]

IANA time zone database

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In the IANA time zone database, North Dakota is covered by five time zones, columns marked "*" contain the data from the file zone.tab:

c.c.* coordinates* TZ* comments* UTC offset UTC offset DST Note
US +415100−0873900 America/Chicago Central (most areas)
US +433649−1161209 America/Boise Mountain - ID (south), OR (east)
US +471551−1014640 America/North_Dakota/Beulah Central - ND (Mercer)
US +470659−1011757 America/North_Dakota/Center Central - ND (Oliver)
US +465042−1012439 America/North_Dakota/New_Salem Central - ND (Morton rural)

References

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  1. ^ MacPherson, James (2017-01-20). "North Dakota resets the debate over time zone disparity". AP News. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  2. ^ "Relocation of Standard Time Zone Boundary in the State of North Dakota: Mercer County". FederalRegister.gov. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  3. ^ "North Dakota Time". GreenwichMeanTime.com.

See also

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