272 Area Code: Location, Time Zone & Phone Lookup

Area code 272 was created on October 1, 1997, and it covers eastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This area code is unique because it is the only area code in the United States that is split between two metropolitan areas. The western portion of the area code is in the Harrisburg metropolitan area, while the eastern portion is in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. 272 is also one of the few area codes in the country that is not divided into multiple overlay areas.

Area code 272 is located in the Central time zone. This time zone is in effect for six states in the middle of the country: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.The Central time zone is one of the nine standard time zones in the United States. It covers most of the central part of the country, from the Rocky Mountains to the East Coast. This zone is six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and is one hour behind the Eastern time zone.

Daylight Saving Time is observed in the Central time zone, moving the clocks forward one hour in the spring and back one hour in the fall. This time zone is also known as CST (Central Standard Time) and CDT (Central Daylight Time).