Edmonton — America/Edmonton
The current local time in the America/Edmonton IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Canada. The zone is currently at UTC -06:00 · MDT and observes daylight saving time.
America/Edmonton
Thursday, 22 October 2026 MDT
Zone information
Countries using America/Edmonton
Edmonton vs. major cities
How far Edmonton is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Edmonton, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Edmonton | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Paris · France | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +10 h | 19:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +11:30 h | 20:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +14 h | 23:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +14 h | 23:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Edmonton time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Edmonton
Since 1970, Edmonton has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 54 of 57 years. Since 2026 it has stayed on UTC -06:00 all year.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 8 March 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC -06:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1971 | UTC -07:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1972–2025 | UTC -07:00, DST UTC -06:00 | Forward on the second Sunday in March, back on the first Sunday in November (since 2007) |
| 2026 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Edmonton
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Edmonton on every day of 2026, changing their clocks at the same moments. Their histories may differ.
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