New York time now, live flip clock
Eastern Time runs from Maine to Florida and takes in New York, Atlanta and Miami. It is EST, UTC-5 in winter and EDT, UTC-4 in summer. The clocks change twice a year. The clock above shows Eastern time now live, with seconds.
Time in New York, United States at a glance
- Time zone
- Eastern Time (EST)
- Standard time
- EST, UTC-5
- Daylight saving time
- EDT, UTC-4
- Used in
- the United States
Time zone names for developers
IANA time zone identifier: America/New_York
Other database entries keeping this time, each with its own history America/Detroit, America/Indiana/Indianapolis, America/Indiana/Marengo, America/Indiana/Petersburg, America/Indiana/Vevay, America/Indiana/Vincennes, America/Indiana/Winamac, America/Kentucky/Louisville, America/Kentucky/Monticello.
Places on Eastern Time
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia keep Eastern time throughout. Five more are split with Central time. The table names each state and, for a split one, the part on Eastern time.
| Place | Where | Clock changes |
|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Delaware | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| District of Columbia | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Florida | Most of the stateJacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Tallahassee | Changes with the zone |
| Georgia | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Indiana | Most of the stateIndianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend | Changes with the zone |
| Kentucky | The east of the stateLouisville, Lexington | Changes with the zone |
| Maine | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Maryland | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Massachusetts | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Michigan | All of the state except four counties in the Upper PeninsulaDetroit, Grand Rapids, Marquette | Changes with the zone |
| New Hampshire | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| New Jersey | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| New York | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| North Carolina | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Ohio | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Pennsylvania | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Rhode Island | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| South Carolina | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Tennessee | The east of the stateKnoxville, Chattanooga | Changes with the zone |
| Vermont | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| Virginia | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
| West Virginia | The whole of it | Changes with the zone |
When the clocks change in New York, United States
Clocks in New York change twice a year.
- On Sunday 8 March 2026 at 2:00 AM, clocks went forward one hour, to EDT.
- On Sunday 1 November 2026 at 2:00 AM, clocks go back one hour, to EST.
- On Sunday 14 March 2027 at 2:00 AM, clocks go forward one hour, to EDT.
How many hours ahead or behind New York
On 7 October 2026, London is 5 hours ahead of New York.
| City | Difference from New York |
|---|---|
| London | 5 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | 3 hours behind |
| Chicago | 1 hour behind |
| Denver | 2 hours behind |
| Mexico City | 2 hours behind |
| Kolkata | 9 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Tokyo | 13 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 15 hours ahead |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
How the Eastern zone is drawn
- One zone, ten database entries
- 10
- The time zone database lists ten US entries for Eastern time. New York stands for most of the zone. Detroit, six Indiana places and two Kentucky places have entries of their own. Each extra entry marks a place whose clocks once differed from New York's after the database's cutoff year. Michigan skipped daylight time for several years. Several Indiana counties switched between Eastern and Central time. Wayne County in Kentucky moved from Central to Eastern time. All ten show the same time now and change clocks on the same nights.
- Five states split with Central time
- 5
- The federal boundary rule splits five Eastern states, leaving their western parts on Central time. In Michigan it is four Upper Peninsula counties on the Wisconsin border. In Indiana it is six counties in the northwest, around Gary, and six in the southwest, around Evansville. Western Kentucky, including Paducah and Bowling Green, keeps Central time. So do Nashville and Memphis in Tennessee. In Florida the line follows the Apalachicola River, which puts Pensacola and Panama City on Central time.
- The New York Stock Exchange keeps Eastern time
- Eastern
- The New York Stock Exchange gives its core trading session in Eastern time. Its hours page says Eastern time without naming standard or daylight time. The clock above shows which of the two is in force on any trading day.
- Same letters, no clock change
- EST
- Jamaica, Panama and the Cayman Islands keep EST, UTC-5 and do not change their clocks. Atikokan in Ontario and Coral Harbour in Nunavut do the same. They match New York in winter only. In summer New York is one hour ahead of them. The Bahamas and Toronto, by contrast, change their clocks with New York.
Questions about Eastern Time
What time is it in Eastern Time right now?
The clock above runs on Eastern time and updates every second. It applies the right code for the date, so you never have to work out which one is in force. New York, Boston, Atlanta and Miami all show this time, and so do Detroit and Indianapolis.
Is Eastern Time the same as EST?
Only in winter. EST is Eastern Standard Time, EST, UTC-5, from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March. The rest of the year New York keeps EDT, Eastern Daylight Time, EDT, UTC-4. If a summer meeting is written in EST, check whether EDT was meant.
Which states are on Eastern Time?
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia keep Eastern time throughout. They run from Maine down to Georgia and west to Ohio. Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Florida are split, with their western parts on Central time. For a single state, or where a split state's line runs, see this site's time zone by state page.
What is the time difference between Eastern and Central time?
Chicago is 1 hour behind New York all year. Both zones change clocks at the same local hour on the same nights. So the gap holds in winter and summer alike. Noon in New York is eleven in the morning in Chicago. The gap is the same across a split state, from Knoxville to Nashville.
What is the time difference between Eastern time and London?
London is 5 hours ahead of New York for most of the year. The United Kingdom moves its clocks on other Sundays. So the gap drops by one hour twice a year. That lasts two or three weeks in spring and one week in autumn. The table on this page shows the current gap for eight cities.
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 2 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.