Time zone in New York
New York is on Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC-5) in winter and switches to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4) in summer. Its identifier in the international time zone database is America/New_York: it is what your phone and computer use to show the right time there.
Clock changes in New York:
- 2026: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 8, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 1, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
- 2027: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 14, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 7, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
New York follows the North American rule: clocks go forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November, at 2:00 AM local time.
New York shares its time with Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Boston, Atlanta and Miami.
New York is 328 km from Washington, D.C., the capital, and has the same time.
By the sun, noon in New York falls at about 11:56 AM in winter and 12:56 PM in summer (on average over the year). The city lies at 74.01° west, and every degree of longitude shifts the sun by 4 minutes. Clock time is close to sun time here. See the sunrise and sunset times in New York.
Time difference with major cities
When it is 12:00 PM (noon) in New York, it is:
| City | January | July |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 9:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| London | 5:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| Paris | 6:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| Tokyo | 2:00 AM, next day | 1:00 AM, next day |
| Sydney | 4:00 AM, next day | 2:00 AM, next day |
| Chicago | 11:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
The gap with Tokyo changes by one hour during the year, because New York changes its clocks and this city does not. With Sydney, the gap is not the same in January and July: the clocks change at other times of the year there. With London and Paris, the gap is the same in January and July but one hour different for 21 days a year, because the clocks do not change on the same dates.
Best time to call New York from Los Angeles
To reach someone at work in New York from Los Angeles, the best window is from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Los Angeles, which is 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in New York.
Detailed time differences: Paris and New York, London and New York, New York and Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo. For any other city, use the time zone converter.