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Baton Rouge's clocks go back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1 · CDT → CST
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7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 25, 2026 = 6:00 am06:00 MDT (UTC-6), Oct 25, 2026

Baton Rouge is 1 hour ahead of MDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Baton Rouge is 1 hour ahead of MDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Baton Rouge is 1 hour ahead of MST. Briefly around clock changes, Baton Rouge is 2 hours ahead of MST or Baton Rouge and MDT have the same time.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Baton Rouge correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Baton Rouge correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in MST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Baton Rouge correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Baton Rouge correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in MST.

Compare Baton Rouge time with MDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

CDT (Central Daylight Time) is 1 hour ahead of Mountain Daylight Time.
7:00 am07:00 in Baton Rouge, LA, USA is 6:00 am06:00 in MDT

Baton Rouge to MDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in Baton Rouge which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in MDT

7:00 am07:00 CDT (Central Daylight Time) (Baton Rouge, LA, USA). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 Baton Rouge, LA, USA / 6:00 am06:00 MDT

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Baton Rouge Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CDT – Central Daylight Time, UTC-5 (now, daylight saving time)
CST – Central Standard Time, UTC-6 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (CST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (CDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Baton Rouge Facts

Country
USA
State
Louisiana
Alternative Names
BTR, Batan-Ruzh, Baton Rouge, Baton Rouz, Baton Ruj, Baton Ruzas, Baton Ruzh, Baton Ruzos, Baton Ružas, Baton Ružos, Baton-Rouge, Baton-Ruzh, Batonruza, Batonrūža, Batun Ruzh, Bâton-Rouge, Dironbourg, New Richmond, Rubribaculum, ba tun lu ri, baeteonluji, batonruju, batwn rwj, batwn rwzh, batwn‌rwzh lwyyzyana, betana ru, betana ruja, byatana ruja, bʼtwn rwz, patan ruj, Μπατόν Ρουζ, Батан-Руж, Батон Руж, Батон-Руж, Батън Руж, Բաթոն Ռուժ, באטון רוז, باتون روج, باتون روژ, باتون‌روژ، لوئیزیانا, باٹن روگ, بیٹون روج، لوزیانا, बॅटन रूज, बेटन रु, बेटन रूज, ब्यातन रुज, பாடன் ரூஜ், แบตันรูช, バトンルージュ, 巴吞鲁日, 배턴루지
Population
227,470
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
30° 26' N Latitude / 91° 11' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

Mountain Daylight Time

Offset: MDT is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MDT time zone is Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, with about 1.512 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Denver, El Paso, Albuquerque, Colorado Springs.

French: HAR - Heure Avancée des Rocheuses

Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico

Map of the areas on Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
MDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on MDT.

Daylight Saving: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Mountain Standard Time (MST).

123456789101112Start: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for MDT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Boise
  • America/Cambridge_Bay
  • America/Ciudad_Juarez
  • America/Denver
  • America/Edmonton
  • America/Inuvik
  • America/Shiprock
  • America/Yellowknife
  • Canada/Mountain
  • MST7MDT
  • Navajo
  • US/Mountain
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone