United States
Time now in Madison
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 07:04Sunset 08:08Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
2,843
Sunrise
07:04
Sunset
08:08
Day length
13h 04m
Coordinates
30.47, -83.42
Time difference from Madison
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About the time in Madison
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.
Madison 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.
Madison 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 Madison
- What are normal business hours in Madison in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Madison runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Madison right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Madison, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
- When do the sun rise and set in Madison today?
- Sunrise is at 07:04 and sunset at 08:08, giving 13h 04m of daylight.
- Which time zone is Madison in?
- Madison uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
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