Canada
Time now in Edmonton
Sunrise 06:24Sunset 08:50Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Edmonton
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
932,546
Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
08:50
Day length
14h 27m
Coordinates
53.54, -113.49
Time difference from Edmonton
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Edmonton right now.
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About the time in Edmonton
Edmonton is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −6 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Edmonton 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.
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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Edmonton
- What are normal business hours in Edmonton in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Edmonton runs from 15:00–23:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Edmonton right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Edmonton, updating every second from America/Edmonton (UTC −6).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Edmonton, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Edmonton in?
- Edmonton uses America/Edmonton, currently UTC −6.
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