Current local time in Toronto
Current time in Toronto
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America/Toronto · UTC−5
Toronto splits the year between Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5) and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4), the latter running from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. That is why a flat “Toronto is UTC−5” answer is only right for part of the year. The clock above is always current. Toronto reads the same as New York and Montreal. Saskatchewan, further west, holds UTC−6 all year and never changes.
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Time zone facts
- Standard time
- Eastern Standard Time (EST), UTC−5
- Summer time
- Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC−4
- Daylight saving
- Observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November
- IANA timezone
- America/Toronto
Common questions
- What time is it in Toronto right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current time in Toronto, updated every second, with today's date and the day of the week beneath it. It reads your device's clock and converts it using the America/Toronto rules, so it stays correct across daylight-saving changes.
- What is the UTC offset in Toronto?
- EST is UTC−5 and EDT is UTC−4. Toronto is on EDT from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, and on EST for the rest of the year.
- Does Toronto observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Clocks go forward an hour for Eastern Daylight Time, which runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, and back again at the end of it.
- What is the IANA timezone for Toronto?
- America/Toronto. That is the identifier to use in code (a database column, a cron schedule, an Intl.DateTimeFormat call), because it carries the full history of offset and daylight-saving changes for Toronto rather than one fixed number.