Time in New York, the Eastern clock.

New York is on Eastern Time: Eastern Standard Time, EST, UTC-5, in winter and Eastern Daylight Time, EDT, UTC-4, in summer. The big clock shows New York to the second. The cards show the zone, the offset, the next clock change and your gap to the city, and a world clock sits underneath.

How to use this New York time page

1. Read the big clock: hours, minutes and seconds in New York, then the date, the name of the zone and its UTC offset.
2. The cards under it show the time zone, the UTC offset, whether the place changes its clocks and when next, and the difference from your own time zone. If the page has guessed your zone wrong, pick the right one under Your place.
3. To plan a call, set a Date and a Time under What time is it there when it is. The line under the boxes gives the time in New York, with the day. Use now sets your own current time.
4. The row of eight times below shows common hours of your day, every three hours, next to the matching time there.
5. On the right, tick 24-hour clock or switch Show seconds off. Copy the time copies one line you can paste into a message. Your choices stay in this browser.

What the official sources say

Section 71.4 of 49 CFR Part 71 says the Eastern zone is the part of the United States west of 67 degrees 30 minutes west longitude and east of the boundary line described in section 71.5, and includes all of Maine. New York State lies east of that line. Section 71.2 sets the clock change. Checked 24 Oct 2026.

When the clocks change

Under 49 CFR section 71.2, standard time is advanced one hour at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March, and the advance ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November. A state may exempt itself, and this one does not. In 2026 the dates are Sunday 8 March and Sunday 1 November. In 2027 they are Sunday 14 March and Sunday 7 November.

The cards above give the next change from your browser's own data. Dates in the table come from the IANA database, version 2026e, read on 24 Oct 2026.

Why the London gap is not always five hours

The US and the UK do not change their clocks on the same days, so for a few weeks every year the usual gap is off by one hour. The table further down lists the exact dates for 2026. If you schedule a call with London in March or late October, check the date and do not trust the usual number.

A zone that reaches far

Eastern Time covers a long strip of the country, so the clock you see here also holds for Washington, Atlanta and Charlotte. See and .

New York compared with other places

The gap with London through 2026

The two places do not change their clocks on the same days, so the gap is not one number. Each row starts on the day the gap changes, by the clock in New York. The change happens at a set hour that day, so use the box above for an exact time.

A worked example

Take a 9:00 AM call in New York and ask what time it is in London.

• In July, 9:00 AM on Tue 14 Jul in New York is 1:00 PM UTC on Tue 14 Jul (9:00 AM plus 4 h). London is on UTC+1, so the same moment is 2:00 PM on Tue 14 Jul there.
• In January, 9:00 AM on Tue 13 Jan in New York is 2:00 PM UTC on Tue 13 Jan (9:00 AM plus 5 h). London is on UTC+0, so the same moment is 2:00 PM on Tue 13 Jan there.

Shared working hours

If both sides work 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, this is the window in which both are at their desks, on a Tuesday in January and a Tuesday in July 2026.

Sources, checked 24 Oct 2026. 49 CFR Part 71, Standard Time Zone Boundaries; the IANA time zone database (version 2026e).

Related: , CST to EST and the time zone converter.