Time in Amherst, United States of America | Amherst Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Amherst
UTC -4
Eastern Time (ET) , currently 11 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
▪Time in Amherst is 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 11 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Amherst is
America/New_York.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Amherst
- ▪Sunrise: 07:37
- ▪Sunset: 18:21
- ▪Day length: 10h 44m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:59
- ▪Current time in Amherst is currently 59 minutes ahead of solar time.
Amherst on map
- ▪Location: New York, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 42,98. Longitude: -78,80
- ▪Population: 122,366
- ▪Elevation: 182 m
Time difference
from Amherst
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:37
Solar noon 12:59Sunset 18:21
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/New_York- Abbreviation
- EDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-04:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 17 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792672060
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:37
- Sunset
- 18:21
- Solar noon
- 12:59
- Day length
- 10h 44m
- Night length
- 13h 15m
- Civil twilight
- 07:08 – 18:50
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- New York
- Coordinates
- 42.978°, -78.800°
- Elevation
- 182 m
- Population
- 122,366
Nearby places
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