Time in Charleston, United States of America | Charleston Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Charleston
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 Charleston 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 Charleston 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 Charleston
- ▪Sunrise: 07:29
- ▪Sunset: 18:38
- ▪Day length: 11h 9m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:04
- ▪Current time in Charleston is currently 64 minutes ahead of solar time.
Charleston on map
- ▪Location: South Carolina, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 32,78. Longitude: -79,93
- ▪Population: 132,609
- ▪Elevation: 6 m
Time difference
from Charleston
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:29
Solar noon 13:04Sunset 18:38
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, 12 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792691760
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:29
- Sunset
- 18:38
- Solar noon
- 13:04
- Day length
- 11h 09m
- Night length
- 12h 50m
- Civil twilight
- 07:04 – 19:03
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- South Carolina
- Coordinates
- 32.776°, -79.933°
- Elevation
- 6 m
- Population
- 132,609
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