United States
Time now in Long Island
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:58Sunset 08:22Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
134
Sunrise
06:58
Sunset
08:22
Day length
13h 24m
Coordinates
39.95, -99.53
Time difference from Long Island
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Long Island right now.
Long Island on the map
About the time in Long Island
Long Island runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Long Island day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 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.
The zone identifier America/Chicago is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Chicago keeps pointing at Chicago time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in Long Island
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Long Island?
- Long Island is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Long Island right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Long Island, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Long Island in?
- Long Island uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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