Time in Texas and Jerusalem (2024)

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Time zone info for Jerusalem

The time in Jerusalem is normally 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Jerusalem can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.

For Texas: Most of Texas is in the Central Time Zone - Select: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) Far West Texas (including El Paso) is in the Mountain Time Zone - Select: (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)

The larger western part is in the Central Time Zone, while East Tennessee in the Appalachian Mountains is located, except for three counties, in the Eastern Time Zone. Almost everything in Texas is in Central Time; only two counties in one corner of the west, El Paso and Hudspeth observe Mountain Time.

Israel is 7 hours ahead of New York. Press any time in the table below to open and share the event time page.

Israel Daylight Time is 8 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.

Most of the state observes Central Time (CT), while three counties in the West Texas region follow Mountain Time (MT): El Paso, Hudspeth, and parts of Culberson County. Because of Daylight Saving Time (DST), areas observing CT switch between Central Standard Time (CST) and Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Texas has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Austin is used here. When the time was 05:00PM on Friday, August 18 in Texas, it was 06:00PM in New York. Texas is 1 hour behind New York.

El Paso and a significant chunk of West Texas were officially placed in the Mountain Time Zone. In 1921, though, Congress changed its mind and placed all of Texas in the Central Time Zone. El Pasoans, however, ignored the law and continued to operate on Mountain Time.

South Dakota is virtually divided down the middle between Mountain and Central Time. Sioux Falls, the state's biggest city is on the eastern edge of the state and in the Central Time Zone. Rapid City, South Dakota's second largest city, is in the western part of the state and in the Mountain Time Zone.

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It makes sense that El Paso remains the only major Texas city in a different time zone than the rest of the state. After all, it's closer to San Diego than to Houston and a community without much trace of a Texan accent.

Timezones are always computed by their difference to UTC, the "Universal Time Coordinated". In Israel there is only a single tonezone at UTC+3. For example, New York is currently at UTC-4 in Eastern Time, so the time difference between New York and Israel is seven hours.

One day in Jerusalem is barely enough to give you a taste of the incredible things this city has to offer. But, by following this itinerary, you're sure to at least go home having seen its highlights.

Palestine in Jesus' day was part of the Roman Empire, which controlled its various territories in a number of ways.