Time in Downtown DC, United States of America | Downtown DC Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Downtown DC
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 Downtown DC 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 Downtown DC 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 Downtown DC
- ▪Sunrise: 07:24
- ▪Sunset: 18:19
- ▪Day length: 10h 55m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:52
- ▪Current time in Downtown DC is currently 52 minutes ahead of solar time.
Downtown DC on map
- ▪Location: District of Columbia, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 38,89. Longitude: -77,02
- ▪Population: 52,560
- ▪Elevation: 12 m
Time difference
from Downtown DC
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:24
Solar noon 12:52Sunset 18:19
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, 15 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792678975
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:24
- Sunset
- 18:19
- Solar noon
- 12:52
- Day length
- 10h 55m
- Night length
- 13h 04m
- Civil twilight
- 06:57 – 18:46
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- District of Columbia
- Coordinates
- 38.894°, -77.020°
- Elevation
- 12 m
- Population
- 52,560
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