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Telephone
Wisconsin has six area codes, and it may soon have seven. Milwaukee, along with most
of southeastern Wisconsin, is covered by the 414 area code. Areas immediately outside of
Milwaukee are 262. Madison and the southwestern and south-central regions have the 608
areacode,andtherest(mostofthenorthwest)haveareacodes715and534.Allelseisarea
code 920, but may have an overlay code introduced by 2017.
AllofWisconsinfallsoncentralstandardtime(CST),whichissixhoursearlierthanGreen-
wichmeantime.However,ifyouplanatripnorthoftheborderintoMichigan'sUpperPen-
insula, you'll enter eastern standard time, which is one hour ahead of CST.