Canada
Time now in Halifax Regional Municipality
Sunrise 06:23Sunset 08:12Time zone UTC −3
Time zone
America/Halifax
UTC offset
UTC −3
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
439,819
Sunrise
06:23
Sunset
08:12
Day length
13h 49m
Coordinates
44.87, -63.72
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About the time in Halifax Regional Municipality
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Halifax Regional Municipality day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 12:00–20:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Sunrise today lands at 06:23 and sunset at 08:12 local time, giving 13h 49m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (44.87, -63.72) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Halifax Regional Municipality.
Halifax Regional Municipality runs on America/Halifax, which puts the city UTC −3 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Halifax Regional Municipality
- What time is it in Halifax Regional Municipality right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Halifax Regional Municipality, updating every second from America/Halifax (UTC −3).
- Which time zone is Halifax Regional Municipality in?
- Halifax Regional Municipality uses America/Halifax, currently UTC −3.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Halifax, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Does Halifax Regional Municipality change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
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