Detroit, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: EDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/Detroit
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -12 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -4 ) Detroit, United States |
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Time zone in Detroit
Detroit runs on EDT. That places it 4 hours behind UTC (UTC-04:00); in a calendar, server config or booking form, select America/Detroit.
Expect a clock change on Sunday, 01 November 2026: Detroit switches to EST, moving back by 1 hour. Until that date the UTC-04:00 offset above holds.
United States is not on a single clock: the 419 cities listed here fall across 10 time zones, so times elsewhere in the country will not match Detroit.
With a population near 677,116, Detroit comes in 15th of the 212 United States cities we list.
Time gaps from Detroit right now
Current gap between Detroit and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | same time as Detroit |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Detroit is 3 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Detroit is 5 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Detroit is 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Detroit is 8 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Detroit is 9 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Detroit is 12 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Detroit is 13 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Detroit is 14 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Detroit is 1 hour behind |
Scheduling calls with Detroit
Usable call slots from Detroit, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| New York | 09:00–17:00 in Detroit | 8 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–16:00 in Detroit | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 12:00–17:00 in Detroit | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–12:00 in Detroit | 3 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 Detroit's time zone
Same zone, same time — each of these sits on America/Detroit alongside Detroit, including through any clock change.
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