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Time now in Fairfield
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:30Sunset 07:45Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
258
Sunrise
06:30
Sunset
07:45
Day length
13h 15m
Coordinates
35.54, -76.22
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About the time in Fairfield
Fairfield 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 258 people live in Fairfield, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Fairfield 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 Fairfield
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Fairfield?
- Fairfield is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Fairfield right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Fairfield, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
- When do the sun rise and set in Fairfield today?
- Sunrise is at 06:30 and sunset at 07:45, giving 13h 15m of daylight.
- Which time zone is Fairfield in?
- Fairfield uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
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