New York time zone and office-hour overlap

• UTC−5Eastern Standard Time, January
• UTC−4Eastern Daylight Time, July
• America/New_YorkIANA time zone name
• 12other listed cities on the same clock all year

Clock changes

New York moves its clocks forward one hour on the second Sunday in March at 2:00 am local time and back on the first Sunday in November at 2:00 am, switching between Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Next change, as of when this page was built (2026-10-20): back on Sun 1 November 2026, from UTC−4 to UTC−5.

Sun and clock

At 74.0° west, the sun is highest over New York at about 11:56 am on the winter clock — almost exactly noon, because the clock runs close to the sun.

In mid-January the sun rises at about 7:18 am and sets at about 4:52 pm — 9 hours 30 minutes of daylight.

In mid-July the sun rises at about 5:37 am and sets at about 8:27 pm — 14 hours 45 minutes of daylight.

On a January weekday, 18 of the listed cities share the whole 9-to-5 day with New York, 145 share at least two hours and 91 share no office time at all; on a July weekday the counts are 21, 156 and 73. The furthest away on the clock in January is Auckland (New Zealand), 18 hours ahead.

Of the 268 cities in this planner, 32 are behind New York in January, 18 show the same time and 217 are ahead of it.

Cities on the same clock

All year, New York shows the same time as Toronto (Canada), Havana (Cuba), Montreal (Canada), Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Ottawa (Canada), Washington, D.C., Boston, Detroit, Atlanta and 2 more.

Only in January (northern winter) it matches Lima (Peru), Bogotá (Colombia), Quito (Ecuador), Kingston (Jamaica), Cancún (Mexico) and Panama City (Panama) — they change their clocks on different dates or not at all.

Only in July it matches Santiago (Chile), Caracas (Venezuela), Manaus (Brazil), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), La Paz (Bolivia), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Sucre (Bolivia), Bridgetown (Barbados) and 1 more.

Office hours shared with 11 business cities

Counting a 9-to-5 day, Monday to Friday, in both cities: New York shares two hours or more with Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, Auckland and São Paulo, and no office time at all with Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney.

Time differences with New York

• New York and LondonLondon ahead by 5 hours · 3 hours of shared office time
• New York and SydneySydney ahead by 14–16 hours · no shared office hours
• New York and ParisParis ahead by 6 hours · 2 hours of shared office time
• New York and Los AngelesLos Angeles behind by 3 hours · 5 hours of shared office time
• New York and ChicagoChicago behind by 1 hour · 7 hours of shared office time
• New York and TokyoTokyo ahead by 13–14 hours · no shared office hours
• New York and DubaiDubai ahead by 8–9 hours · no shared office hours
• New York and TorontoSame clock time · 8 hours of shared office time
• New York and PhoenixPhoenix behind by 2–3 hours · 6 hours of shared office time
• New York and SingaporeSingapore ahead by 12–13 hours · no shared office hours
• New York and Mexico CityMexico City behind by 1–2 hours · 7 hours of shared office time
• New York and MumbaiMumbai ahead by 9½–10½ hours · no shared office hours

City names, coordinates and time zone assignments: GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (selection and renaming of some cities by this site). Clock times are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database. Sources and limits.