Current time in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Time zone information for Boston
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 Boston 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 Boston 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 Boston
- ▪Sunrise: 06:31
- ▪Sunset: 18:41
- ▪Day length: 12h 9m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:36
- ▪Current time in Boston is currently 36 minutes ahead of solar time.
Boston on map
- ▪Location: Massachusetts, United States
- ▪Latitude: 42,36. Longitude: -71,06
- ▪Population: 653,833
- ▪Elevation: 14 m
Time difference
from Boston
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:31
Solar noon 12:36Sunset 18:41
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/New_York- Abbreviation
- EDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-04:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 39 days, 19 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1790072356
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:31
- Sunset
- 18:41
- Solar noon
- 12:36
- Day length
- 12h 09m
- Night length
- 11h 50m
- Civil twilight
- 06:03 – 19:09
Geography & country
- Country
- United States
- Region / State
- Massachusetts
- Coordinates
- 42.358°, -71.060°
- Elevation
- 14 m
- Population
- 653,833
Nearby places
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