Time in Ottawa, Canada | Ottawa Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Ottawa
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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa is
America/Toronto.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 Ottawa
- ▪Sunrise: 07:28
- ▪Sunset: 18:05
- ▪Day length: 10h 36m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:47
- ▪Current time in Ottawa is currently 47 minutes ahead of solar time.
Ottawa on map
- ▪Location: Ontario, Canada
- ▪Latitude: 45,41. Longitude: -75,70
- ▪Population: 1,017,449
- ▪Elevation: 71 m
Time difference
from Ottawa
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:28
Solar noon 12:47Sunset 18:05
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Toronto- Abbreviation
- EDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-04:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 15 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792677697
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:28
- Sunset
- 18:05
- Solar noon
- 12:47
- Day length
- 10h 36m
- Night length
- 13h 23m
- Civil twilight
- 06:58 – 18:35
Geography & country
- Country
- Canada
- Region / State
- Ontario
- Coordinates
- 45.411°, -75.698°
- Elevation
- 71 m
- Population
- 1,017,449
- Classification
- Capital city
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