Canada
Time now in Cranston
Sunrise 06:32Sunset 08:45Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Edmonton
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
20,850
Sunrise
06:32
Sunset
08:45
Day length
14h 13m
Coordinates
50.89, -113.98
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About the time in Cranston
The zone identifier America/Edmonton is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Edmonton keeps pointing at Edmonton time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Cranston runs on America/Edmonton, which puts the city UTC −6 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Cranston sits at latitude 50.89, in the temperate-north band, so day length here swings sharply between midwinter and midsummer — today's 14h 13m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Cranston
- When do the sun rise and set in Cranston today?
- Sunrise is at 06:32 and sunset at 08:45, giving 14h 13m of daylight.
- What time is it in Cranston right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Cranston, updating every second from America/Edmonton (UTC −6).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Cranston?
- Cranston is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Cranston in?
- Cranston uses America/Edmonton, currently UTC −6.
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