Cary, North Carolina, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: EDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/New_York
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -4 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -04:00) America/New_York |
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Time zone in Cary
If you need the offset: Cary is on EDT, 4 hours behind UTC, i.e. UTC-04:00. The matching IANA zone is America/New_York.
This zone does shift. On Sunday, 01 November 2026 the clocks go back 1 hour and Cary moves to EST, so anything booked across that date needs checking.
Cary is one of 419 United States cities here, spread over 10 time zones; do not assume the rest of the country reads the same clock.
Cary compared with major world cities
How Cary lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Cary is 3 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Cary is 5 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Cary is 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Cary is 8 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Cary is 9 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Cary is 12 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Cary is 13 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Cary is 14 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Cary is 1 hour behind |
Working hours that match Cary
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Cary local time.
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–16:00 in Cary | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 12:00–17:00 in Cary | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–12:00 in Cary | 3 hours overlap |
| Paris | 09:00–11:00 in Cary | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Sharing Cary's time zone
Same zone, same time — each of these sits on America/New_York alongside Cary, including through any clock change.
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