United States
Time now in Lexington
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:46Sunset 08:01Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
18,931
Sunrise
06:46
Sunset
08:01
Day length
13h 16m
Coordinates
35.80, -80.27
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About the time in Lexington
The zone identifier America/New_York is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/New_York keeps pointing at New York time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Lexington 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.
Lexington 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 Lexington
- When do the sun rise and set in Lexington today?
- Sunrise is at 06:46 and sunset at 08:01, giving 13h 16m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Lexington in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Lexington runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Lexington?
- Lexington is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Lexington right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Lexington, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
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