Time in Gastonia, United States of America | Gastonia Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Gastonia
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 Gastonia 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 Gastonia 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 Gastonia
- ▪Sunrise: 07:36
- ▪Sunset: 18:40
- ▪Day length: 11h 3m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:09
- ▪Current time in Gastonia is currently 69 minutes ahead of solar time.
Gastonia on map
- ▪Location: North Carolina, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 35,26. Longitude: -81,19
- ▪Population: 74,543
- ▪Elevation: 245 m
Time difference
from Gastonia
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:36
Solar noon 13:09Sunset 18:40
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
- 1792653096
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:36
- Sunset
- 18:40
- Solar noon
- 13:09
- Day length
- 11h 03m
- Night length
- 12h 56m
- Civil twilight
- 07:11 – 19:06
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- North Carolina
- Coordinates
- 35.262°, -81.187°
- Elevation
- 245 m
- Population
- 74,543
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