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Kansas: Does the state observe daylight saving time?
Observes DST
Kansas observes daylight saving time and has not enacted a law to change that.
Federal law puts a state on daylight saving time unless it passes a law opting out, and federal sources list only Hawaii and Arizona as states that opt out. This answer is an inference: Kansas is not on the federal list of exceptions, and no enacted Kansas law for year-round time was found. A 2025-26 bill to exempt Kansas from daylight saving time died. Most of Kansas is on Central time, and a few western counties are on Mountain time.
What the law says
DST is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the state of Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation, which does observe DST).
Sources
- NIST: Daylight Saving Time Official · nist.gov
- 15 U.S.C. ยง 260a (Uniform Time Act) Mirror of official text · law.cornell.edu
- NCSL: Daylight Saving Time State Legislation Secondary · ncsl.org
- U.S. Department of Transportation: Daylight Saving Time Official · transportation.gov
- 49 CFR 71.7 (Central/Mountain boundary, Cornell LII) Mirror of official text · law.cornell.edu
- Kansas SB 1 (2025-26) bill page Official · kslegislature.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Kansas Legislature
- Website
- kslegislature.gov
How bordering states compare
- Colorado Observes DST, law to go year-roundColorado observes daylight saving time, but a 2022 law would make it year-round if Congress allows and four other Mountain states agree.
- Missouri Observes DSTMissouri observes daylight saving time; no law to change that has been enacted, though the House passed a trigger bill in 2026.
- Nebraska Observes DSTNebraska observes daylight saving time under state law and has not enacted a year-round time law.
- Oklahoma Observes DST, law to go year-roundOklahoma observes daylight saving time, but a 2024 law will make it year-round if Congress allows.