Time in Detroit, United States of America | Detroit Now

Friday, 6 November 2026

Time zone information for Detroit

UTC -5

Eastern Time (EST) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

▪Part of the year: UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
▪Time in Detroit 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 Detroit is America/Detroit.
November1Sunday2026

Latest change: Standard time began

  • ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
  • ▪The time was set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
March14Sunday2027

Next change: Daylight saving time begins

  • ▪Switch to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
  • ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Detroit

  • ▪Sunrise: 07:11
  • ▪Sunset: 17:19
  • ▪Day length: 10h 7m
  • ▪Solar noon: 12:15
  • ▪Current time in Detroit is currently 15 minutes ahead of solar time.

Detroit on map

  • ▪Location: Michigan, United States of America
  • ▪Latitude: 42,33. Longitude: -83,05
  • ▪Population: 645,705
  • ▪Elevation: 183 m

Time difference

from Detroit

−3h
08:51
−1h
10:51
0h
11:51
0h
11:51
+2h
13:51
+5h
16:51
+5h
16:51
+6h
17:51
+6h
17:51
+6h
17:51
+7h
18:51
+7h
18:51
+8h
19:51
+8h
19:51
+9h
20:51
+10,5h
22:21
+12h
23:51
+13h
00:51(+1d)
+13h
00:51(+1d)
+13h
00:51(+1d)
+14h
01:51(+1d)
+16h
03:51(+1d)

Sun cycle

5h 27m of daylight remaining
Sunrise 07:11
Solar noon 12:15
Sunset 17:19

Time zone & DST

IANA identifier
America/Detroit
Abbreviation
EST
UTC offset
UTC-05:00
Daylight saving
Not in effect
DST Starts
14 Mar 2027
in 127 days, 14 hours
Current Unix epoch
1793983902

Sun & astronomy

Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
17:19
Solar noon
12:15
Day length
10h 07m
Night length
13h 52m
Civil twilight
06:42 – 17:48

Geography & country

Country
United States of America
Region / State
Michigan
Elevation
183 m
Population
645,705

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