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Time in Washington, D.C., United States
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Washington, D.C. time zone facts
Next clock change: Sunday 1 November 2026, when Washington, D.C. moves to UTC−5. Regions change on their own schedules, so the gap between Washington, D.C. and cities elsewhere is not fixed — daylight saving explained covers the weeks it goes strange.
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Local times in Washington, D.C. on the left, the caller’s own clock on the right. Computed from the working-hour overlap for today’s offsets.
About time in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. keeps Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4 from UTC at the moment. Clocks move twice a year, so the same wall-clock time is a different instant in summer and winter — this page reads the offset in force today rather than an average.
Washington, D.C. shares the zone America/New_York with New York, Brooklyn, Queens, Philadelphia, so a time here is also the time there. One canonical page per zone keeps the difference honest: the settlement name changes, the clock does not.
Offsets and daylight saving rules come from the IANA time zone database — see IANA time zone notes for what that data does and does not promise about future dates.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
What time is it in Washington, D.C. right now?
The clock at the top of this page reads the current time in Washington, D.C. to the second. Washington, D.C. is on Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4 — the same clock as every other place in the zone America/New_York.
Does Washington, D.C. observe daylight saving time?
Yes. Washington, D.C. is on UTC−4 now and UTC−5 outside daylight saving. The next change is Sunday 1 November 2026, when clocks go back.
What time zone is Washington, D.C. in?
Washington, D.C. uses the IANA zone America/New_York, currently EDT (UTC−4). Abbreviations are for reading — the zone identifier is the unambiguous name, and it is what you should store in your own systems.
Which other places read the same time as Washington, D.C.?
New York, Brooklyn, Queens, Philadelphia, Manhattan all sit in America/New_York, so they read exactly the same clock, daylight saving changes included.