Check the current local time in New York, United States. New York uses the America/New_York time zone, with EST (UTC -5:00) during standard time and EDT (UTC -4:00) during daylight saving time.
America/New_York
New York, United States
Current zone: EDT
Source: IANA Time Zone Database
EST
UTC -5:00
Used outside daylight saving time
EDT
UTC -4:00
Observed during daylight saving time
DST ends
November 1, 2026
Based on Second Sunday in March / First Sunday in November
New York runs on Eastern Time (EST/EDT). It's the reference timezone for US business — Wall Street opens 9:30 AM ET (NYSE, NASDAQ), most US Fortune 500 anchor their internal clocks to ET regardless of headquarters. Multi-office US meeting invites default to "ET" in the timezone field. The city aligns with Toronto (same offset), sits 5 h behind London (winter) / 4 h behind (summer).
North America runs five continental-US timezones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaskan) plus Newfoundland (a 30-minute offset from Atlantic Time — one of the few 30-minute timezones outside Asia). DST is nearly universal (except Arizona, Hawaii, most of Saskatchewan) and runs March → November. Business scheduling defaults to Eastern for multi-office US corporations regardless of headquarters.
New York City runs on the America/New_York timezone, alternating between EST (Eastern Standard Time, UTC −5:00) in winter and EDT (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC −4:00) from mid-March to early November. As the host of the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ — two of the world's largest equity markets by capitalisation — New York time is a reference point for financial professionals on every continent.
The NYSE and NASDAQ both operate 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET, Monday through Friday. Pre-market trading begins as early as 4:00 AM ET, and after-hours trading runs until 8:00 PM ET, giving investors in Europe and Asia limited windows to trade US equities during their own business days.
Scheduling with New York from different regions: London (GMT) is 5 hours ahead of New York during EST and 4 hours ahead during EDT — the gap shrinks by one hour during US/UK DST overlap. From Los Angeles, New York is 3 hours ahead, making 9:00 AM Pacific the equivalent of noon ET. From Mumbai (IST), New York is 10.5 hours behind in winter and 9.5 hours behind in summer, which means India's evening (8:30–10:30 PM IST) overlaps with New York's standard business morning. Teams in Singapore are 13 hours ahead of EDT, so their early morning (7:00–9:00 AM SGT) aligns with New York's previous evening.
New York observes daylight saving time following US federal rules: clocks spring forward one hour on the second Sunday in March at 2:00 AM local time and fall back on the first Sunday in November at 2:00 AM local time. This schedule typically differs from European DST changes by 2–3 weeks, temporarily altering the usual US–Europe time gap each spring and autumn.
The city spans five boroughs — Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island — all sharing a single timezone. Although New York State extends roughly 500 miles north to Canada, the entire state remains on EST/EDT, unlike a few US states (Indiana historically, Arizona today) that have opted for single-timezone operation without DST.
New York business hours run 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM ET Monday through Friday, with Wall Street firms typically operating from 7:00 AM to match European openings.
Local Exchange
New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. The two largest exchanges in the world by market cap.
Daylight Saving Time
DST ends on November 1, 2026. Clocks fall back — sunrise and sunset shift one hour earlier in New York.
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