Time in Halifax, Canada | Halifax Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Halifax
UTC -3
Atlantic Time (ADT) , currently 10 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -4 / Atlantic Standard Time (AST)
▪Time in Halifax is 11 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 10 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Halifax is
America/Halifax.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -3 / Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -4 / Atlantic Standard Time (AST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Halifax
- ▪Sunrise: 07:38
- ▪Sunset: 18:18
- ▪Day length: 10h 39m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:58
- ▪Current time in Halifax is currently 58 minutes ahead of solar time.
Halifax on map
- ▪Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
- ▪Latitude: 44,64. Longitude: -63,58
- ▪Population: 471,559
- ▪Elevation: 60 m
Time difference
from Halifax
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:38
Solar noon 12:58Sunset 18:18
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Halifax- Abbreviation
- ADT
- UTC offset
- UTC-03:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 16 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792672430
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:38
- Sunset
- 18:18
- Solar noon
- 12:58
- Day length
- 10h 39m
- Night length
- 13h 20m
- Civil twilight
- 07:08 – 18:47
Geography & country
- Country
- Canada
- Region / State
- Nova Scotia
- Coordinates
- 44.643°, -63.577°
- Elevation
- 60 m
- Population
- 471,559
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