Time in Dorchester, United States of America | Dorchester Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Dorchester
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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester
- ▪Sunrise: 07:05
- ▪Sunset: 17:51
- ▪Day length: 10h 46m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:28
- ▪Current time in Dorchester is currently 28 minutes ahead of solar time.
Dorchester on map
- ▪Location: Massachusetts, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 42,30. Longitude: -71,07
- ▪Population: 97,826
- ▪Elevation: 36 m
Time difference
from Dorchester
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:05
Solar noon 12:28Sunset 17:51
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
- 1792671352
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:05
- Sunset
- 17:51
- Solar noon
- 12:28
- Day length
- 10h 46m
- Night length
- 13h 13m
- Civil twilight
- 06:36 – 18:20
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Massachusetts
- Coordinates
- 42.297°, -71.075°
- Elevation
- 36 m
- Population
- 97,826
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