Current time in New York

United States · UTC-5/UTC-4

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America/New_York

UTC offset

UTC-5/UTC-4

Daylight Saving

Yes — observed

Time zone ID

America/New_York

Business hours

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET (Monday–Friday)

About New York's time zone

New York City operates on Eastern Time (ET), switching between EST (UTC-5) in winter and EDT (UTC-4) during daylight saving time, which runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. As the financial capital of the world and home to Wall Street, the NYSE opening bell at 9:30am ET sets the pace for global markets. NYC's time zone puts it 5 hours behind London during winter and 6 hours behind during European summer.

Best time to call New York

Calling from	Recommended window
London	2:00 PM – 11:00 PM GMT
Los Angeles	6:00 AM – 3:00 PM PT
São Paulo	10:00 AM – 7:00 PM BRT
Dubai	5:00 PM – 2:00 AM GST

Did you know? New York City was briefly the capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790, and George Washington was inaugurated as the first US president on the steps of Federal Hall on Wall Street.

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