America/Toronto • live clock
Current time in Toronto
Clocks in Toronto use EST (UTC-5) for standard time and EDT (UTC-4) for the seasonal period. Exact transition dates appear below. The live clock is synchronized with Digital Clock Online’s server after the page loads.
Synchronizing with server time.
America/Toronto at a glance
- IANA time zone
- America/Toronto
- Time-zone name
- Eastern Time (EST)
- Standard offset
- UTC-5
- Seasonal offset
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Daylight saving
- Observed; exact dates below
- Used in
- Canada, the Bahamas
When clocks change in Toronto
These scheduled changes cover 2026 and 2027. Each row gives the exact UTC instant, direction and resulting offset.
| UTC instant | Change | Resulting time |
|---|---|---|
| March 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC | Clocks move forward 1 hour | EDT (UTC-4) |
| November 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM UTC | Clocks move back 1 hour | EST (UTC-5) |
| March 14, 2027 at 7:00 AM UTC | Clocks move forward 1 hour | EDT (UTC-4) |
| November 7, 2027 at 6:00 AM UTC | Clocks move back 1 hour | EST (UTC-5) |
Places that use America/Toronto
America/Toronto covers Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, Mississauga. Its country relationships are Canada, the Bahamas.
Time difference between Toronto and other cities
| City | Time zone | Difference from Toronto |
|---|---|---|
| London | Europe/London | 5 hours ahead |
| New York | America/New_York | Same time |
| Los Angeles | America/Los_Angeles | 3 hours behind |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 9 hours ahead |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 13 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 14 hours ahead |
| Sydney | Australia/Sydney | 15 hours ahead |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads | Calculating your current difference |
Reference-city differences use standard offsets. Where either place changes clocks seasonally, the gap can change during the year.
Zones on the same standard time as Toronto
These zones share UTC-5 as their standard offset. Seasonal rules can make their live clocks differ during part of the year.