Current Time in New York

About time in New York

New York sets the pace for American business, and its clock is the one most of the world watches. The city sits in the Eastern Time Zone at UTC-5 during the winter months, then springs forward to UTC-4 for Eastern Daylight Time between March and November. As the home of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, its market hours of 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern anchor global trading. The annual Times Square ball drop also makes New York the symbolic center of New Year's Eve for millions.

New York changes its clocks for daylight saving time, so its exact UTC offset depends on the season (UTC-5 (UTC-4 in summer)). The live clock above reads New York's local time directly from the IANA time zone database in your browser, using the rules installed on your device. Keep your browser updated when regional rules change. To plan a call or convert a specific moment, use the timezone converter or meeting planner linked below.

Daylight in New York through 2026

New York sits at about 40.7°N, 74.0°W. The longest day of 2026 is June 20, with 15h 06m between sunrise and sunset. The shortest is December 18, with 9h 15m, a difference of 5 h 51 min. At this mid-latitude, winter evenings are dark early and summer evenings stay light well after a normal working day.

The earliest sunrise of the year comes around June 9 (05:24) and the latest sunset around June 24 (20:31). These are not exactly on the solstice because the sun’s position runs slightly ahead of or behind clock time during the year.

Solar noon, when the sun is highest, falls at about 13:03 local time in late March, 12:57 in late June and 11:54 in late December. In standard time the sun is highest at about 11:56 on average, close to 12:00, so the clock and the sun are well aligned in New York. During daylight saving time everything moves an hour later on the clock.

Local clock times, including daylight saving where it applies. Calculated with the standard sunrise equation for the city centre; terrain and tall buildings can delay the visible sunrise.

Clock changes in New York (2026–2027)

New York changes its clocks twice in 2026. On a change night, the local time skips or repeats a block of time, and the gap to other cities shifts unless they change on the same date.

• Sunday, March 8, 2026: at 02:00 clocks go forward one hour to 03:00 (UTC−5 → UTC−4).
• Sunday, November 1, 2026: at 02:00 clocks go back one hour to 01:00 (UTC−4 → UTC−5).
• Sunday, March 14, 2027: at 02:00 clocks go forward one hour to 03:00 (UTC−5 → UTC−4).
• Sunday, November 7, 2027: at 02:00 clocks go back one hour to 01:00 (UTC−4 → UTC−5).

Recurring meetings set in New York time stay at the same local hour; participants elsewhere see the meeting move by an hour for the weeks when only one side has changed.

Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled with this site’s build. Governments occasionally change rules at short notice; see our methodology.