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Time now in Dawson
Sunrise 07:06Sunset 08:15Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
4,540
Sunrise
07:06
Sunset
08:15
Day length
13h 09m
Coordinates
31.77, -84.44
Time difference from Dawson
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About the time in Dawson
Dawson runs on America/New_York, which puts the city UTC −4 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.
Around 4,540 people live in Dawson, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Dawson is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −4 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in Dawson
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Dawson?
- Dawson is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Dawson right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Dawson, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/New_York, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Dawson in?
- Dawson uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
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