United States · America/New_York

Current time in Boston

Q: Does Boston observe daylight saving time?

Yes. The clocks move forward by an hour in spring and back again in autumn, which changes the gap to any zone that does not do the same.

Q: Is this clock accurate?

It reads your own device's clock and renders it in Boston's zone using your browser's copy of the IANA database. If your device time is correct, so is this.

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Boston is in the America/New_York time zone, which runs at UTC−5 during standard time and UTC−4 while daylight saving is in effect.

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Time zone details

City	Boston, United States
IANA zone	`America/New_York`
Standard offset	UTC−5
Daylight saving offset	UTC−4
Observes daylight saving	Yes

How this clock works

The clock above reads your device's current instant rendered in Boston's zone, so it stays correct through a daylight saving transition without anyone updating this page. The offset shown is taken from the IANA time zone database, the same source operating systems use.

Daylight saving

Boston moves its clocks twice a year, so the offset you see today is not the offset that applies in six months. Always confirm the date before booking something months ahead.