Time in Gainesville, United States of America | Gainesville Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Gainesville
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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville
- ▪Sunrise: 07:35
- ▪Sunset: 18:51
- ▪Day length: 11h 15m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:13
- ▪Current time in Gainesville is currently 73 minutes ahead of solar time.
Gainesville on map
- ▪Location: Florida, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 29,65. Longitude: -82,32
- ▪Population: 145,214
- ▪Elevation: 54 m
Time difference
from Gainesville
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:35
Solar noon 13:13Sunset 18:51
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, 22 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792653292
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:35
- Sunset
- 18:51
- Solar noon
- 13:13
- Day length
- 11h 15m
- Night length
- 12h 44m
- Civil twilight
- 07:11 – 19:15
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Florida
- Coordinates
- 29.652°, -82.325°
- Elevation
- 54 m
- Population
- 145,214
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