Time ZonesAbout this time zone
Dawson Creek is one of the 23 time zone areas of Canada. Computers and phones know it by the zone name America/Dawson_Creek. Its time is UTC−7, which means it is 7 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) all year round. The short name used for this time is MST. Compared with India (IST), it is 12 hours 30 minutes behind India.
Clock changes in 2026 and 2027
Dawson Creek does not change its clocks in 2026 or 2027. The time stays at UTC−7 all year, so there is no daylight saving time to remember.
Time difference with major cities
| When it is 12:00 noon in Dawson Creek, it is | In January 2026 | In July 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| India | 12:30 am next day12 hours 30 minutes ahead | 12:30 am next day12 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| United Kingdom | 7:00 pm7 hours ahead | 8:00 pm8 hours ahead |
| France | 8:00 pm8 hours ahead | 9:00 pm9 hours ahead |
| New York, United States | 2:00 pm2 hours ahead | 3:00 pm3 hours ahead |
| Chicago, United States | 1:00 pm1 hour ahead | 2:00 pm2 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles, United States | 11:00 am1 hour behind | 12:00 pmsame time |
| United Arab Emirates | 11:00 pm11 hours ahead | 11:00 pm11 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 3:00 am next day15 hours ahead | 3:00 am next day15 hours ahead |
| Japan | 4:00 am next day16 hours ahead | 4:00 am next day16 hours ahead |
| Sydney, Australia | 6:00 am next day18 hours ahead | 5:00 am next day17 hours ahead |
The table uses the offsets in force in mid January and mid July 2026. Use the converter for any other date.
Clock time and sun time in Dawson Creek
A time zone is an agreement, and the sun does not follow it exactly. Fort St. John, the largest city in this zone, lies at about 120.8° west. Each degree of longitude is worth four minutes, so by the sun alone its time would be about 8 hours 3 minutes behind UTC. The clock is set to UTC−7. The sun is therefore highest in the sky at about 1:03 pm by the clock, not at 12:00. The clock runs ahead of the sun here, which means later sunrises and lighter evenings than the map alone would give. Other places in the zone, to the east or west of Fort St. John, see the sun peak a little earlier or later. Through the year the figure also drifts by up to a quarter of an hour either way.
How long the day is
Fort St. John is about 56.2° north of the equator. On the longest day of the year, around 21 June, the sun is up for about 17 hours 41 minutes. On the shortest, around 21 December, for about 6 hours 53 minutes. That is a swing of about 10 hours 48 minutes between summer and winter, yet the clocks here stay the same all year.
Office hours shared with other places
If both sides work from 9 am to 6 pm, these are the hours when a call falls inside the working day at both ends. Times are for Dawson Creek.
- With India, all year: no shared office hour: 9:00 am here is 9:30 pm in India, and 6:00 pm here is 6:30 am there, so one side has to start early or stay late.
- With London, in January: 9:00 am to 11:00 am here, which is 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in London (2 hours shared). In July: 9:00 am to 10:00 am here, which is 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm in London (1 hour shared).
- With New York, in January: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm here, which is 11:00 am to 6:00 pm in New York (7 hours shared). In July: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm here, which is 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm in New York (6 hours shared).
How many people keep this time
The GeoNames list has 1 place of 15,000 people or more in this zone area, Fort St. John, with about 21,000 people. People in villages and smaller towns are not in that count, so the true number on this clock is higher.
Cities that keep this time
The largest cities in this zone: Fort St. John.
Places with exactly the same time
These zones show the same time as Dawson Creek through the whole year: Hermosillo, Mexico, Mazatlan, Mexico, Phoenix, United States, Whitehorse, Canada.
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