New York — America/New_York
The current local time in the America/New_York IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in United States. The zone is currently at UTC -04:00 · EDT and observes daylight saving time.
America/New_York
Thursday, 22 October 2026 EDT
Zone information
Countries using America/New_York
New York vs. major cities
How far New York is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in New York, 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 New York | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles · United States | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Paris · France | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +9:30 h | 18:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +12 h | 21:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +12 h | 21:00 | None |
| Tokyo · Japan | +13 h | 22:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in New York 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 New York
New York has alternated between UTC -05:00 in standard time and UTC -04:00 in daylight saving time since at least 1970. Clocks currently go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November, a rule in place since 2007.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 8 March 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC -04:00 |
| Sunday, 1 November 2026 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC -05:00 |
| Sunday, 14 March 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC -04:00 |
| Sunday, 7 November 2027 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC -05:00 |
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.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as New York
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/New_York on every day of 2026, changing their clocks at the same moments. Their histories may differ.
America/Detroit Grand Turk America/Grand_Turk Indiana/Marengo America/Indiana/Marengo Indiana/Petersburg America/Indiana/Petersburg Indiana/Vevay America/Indiana/Vevay Indiana/Vincennes America/Indiana/Vincennes Indiana/Winamac America/Indiana/Winamac Indianapolis America/Indianapolis Iqaluit America/Iqaluit Kentucky/Monticello America/Kentucky/Monticello Louisville America/Louisville Nassau America/Nassau Port-au-Prince America/Port-au-Prince Toronto America/Toronto More references for America/New_York
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