Time in New York, United States

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Current time in United States

Time zone: EDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/New_York

 
Standard Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST) = UTC-5
Daylight Saving Time Zone: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) = UTC-4

New York is a state in the Northeastern United States and is the 27th-most extensive, fourth-most populous, and seventh-most densely populated U.S. state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border in the Atlantic Ocean with Rhode Island, east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the north and Ontario to the west and north.
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New York time zone and UTC offset

Clocks in New York are set to EDT, 4 hours behind UTC (UTC-04:00). Software that asks for a region wants America/New_York — the IANA identifier for this zone.

One date to watch: Sunday, 01 November 2026. That is when New York goes back 1 hour onto EST — recurring meetings set before then will land an hour out unless the calendar handles zones properly.

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 New York.

New York compared with major world cities

How New York lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.

Los Angeles UTC-07:00 New York is 3 hours ahead
London UTC+01:00 New York is 5 hours behind
Paris UTC+02:00 New York is 6 hours behind
Dubai UTC+04:00 New York is 8 hours behind
Mumbai UTC+05:30 New York is 9 hours 30 minutes behind
Shanghai UTC+08:00 New York is 12 hours behind
Tokyo UTC+09:00 New York is 13 hours behind
Sydney UTC+10:00 New York is 14 hours behind
Sao Paulo UTC-03:00 New York is 1 hour behind

When New York and other cities overlap

Overlap of a normal working day, shown in New York time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.

Sao Paulo 09:00–16:00 in New York 7 hours overlap
Los Angeles 12:00–17:00 in New York 5 hours overlap
London 09:00–12:00 in New York 3 hours overlap
Paris 09:00–11:00 in New York 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.

Cities on the same clock as New York

These United States cities also use America/New_York, so their clocks read identically to New York at every moment of the year.

New York City Queens The Bronx Boston South Boston Staten Island Virginia Beach Tampa