United States
Time now in Lancaster
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:24Sunset 07:51Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
59,322
Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
07:51
Day length
13h 27m
Coordinates
40.04, -76.30
Time difference from Lancaster
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About the time in Lancaster
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Lancaster day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 13:00–21:00 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.
Around 59,322 people live in Lancaster, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Lancaster 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Lancaster
- What time is it in Lancaster right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Lancaster, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
- When do the sun rise and set in Lancaster today?
- Sunrise is at 06:24 and sunset at 07:51, giving 13h 27m of daylight.
- 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 Lancaster in?
- Lancaster uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
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