United States
Time now in New York
Sunrise 06:14Sunset 07:56Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
19,867,248
Sunrise
06:14
Sunset
07:56
Day length
13h 42m
Coordinates
43.00, -75.50
Time difference from New York
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) New York right now.
New York on the map
About the time in New York
New York 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.
New York 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.
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.
Frequently asked questions about time in New York
- What are normal business hours in New York in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in New York runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in New York right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in New York, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
- 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 New York in?
- New York uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
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