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Time now in Oxford
Sunrise 06:01Sunset 07:40Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
6,103
Sunrise
06:01
Sunset
07:40
Day length
13h 39m
Coordinates
42.12, -71.86
Time difference from Oxford
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Oxford right now.
Oxford on the map
About the time in Oxford
Oxford 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.
Around 6,103 people live in Oxford, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
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 Oxford
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Oxford?
- Oxford is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What are normal business hours in Oxford in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Oxford runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- 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.
- What time is it in Oxford right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Oxford, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
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