Canada and USA Time Zones Map live - Current local time with time zone

US standard time zones +inf
Pacific -8	Mountain -7	Central -6	Eastern -5
Time Zone	Time Zone	Time Zone	Time Zone

Time difference Canada vs US / vs Local Time and Canada Time Zones | Swap

• Toronto and Quebec, Canada is always the same time as New York, US.
• Vancouver, B.C. Canada is always the same time as Los Angeles, US, and so on with the rest of the time zones of the same color. | Swap

same time
Eastern Standard Time Zone UTC -5h

With the end of daylight saving time on Sunday, November 3, 2024, Canada and the US will use the Eastern Standard Time Zone UTC -5h.

Canada time zones
US time zones

Canada spans 6 time zones, 4 main time zones, Pacific (British Columbia) / Mountain / Yukon Terr. / Central / Eastern / and Atlantic time / Newfoundland & Labrador. More info. | Canada larger map | World Time Zone Map .

The United States spans 9 time zones, with 4 main time zones, Pacific / Mountain / Central / Eastern. More info. | USA larger map.

Canada Daylight Saving Time 2024
On Sunday, November 3, Canada turned the clock back one hour, at 2:00 am it was 1:00 am More info

US Daylight Saving Time 2024
On Sunday, November 3, the United States turned the clock back one hour, at 2:00 am it was 1:00 am More info

You can quickly check the current time difference between and Canada and the US by viewing the current time zone at the top right of both countries. time zone clocks . clock symbols info

Canada and the US share the same time change and very similar time zones, with some exceptions during daylight saving time, eg.
• Canada: Saskatchewan in CST (Central standard Time). Most of Saskatchewan does not use daylight saving time.
• US: Arizona, MST (Mountain standard Time), most of Arizona does not use daylight saving time.
Time zones that do not use daylight saving time year-round, appear with the time zone color dimmed in addition to the symbol that appears above the clock.
Eg Arizona in the US and Yukon Territory in Canada, both MST (Mountain Standard Time), appear in lighter green.

You can also refer to the 4 Time Zone Colors = Intervals that are multiples of 4 hours between the same colors.
For example, between Vancouver, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia (both in pink), the time difference (both in standard or winter time) will be Vancouver, British Columbia, 4 hours behind Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Time difference between some Canada cities vs US states

Vancouver - Brit. Col.	Edmonton - Alberta

Vancouver Time Zone -8 Daylight saving -7	Edmonton Time Zone -7 Daylight saving -6
Vancouver daylight saving time	Edmonton daylight saving time
Vancouver time difference with	Edmonton time difference with
New York	New York
Illinois	Illinois
Colorado	Colorado
Arizona	Arizona
California	California
Florida	Florida
Texas	Texas
Hawaii	Hawaii
Alaska	Alaska
vs. local time	vs. local time

Regina - Saskatch.	Winnipeg - Manitoba

Regina Time Zone -6 No daylight saving	Winnipeg Time Zone -6 Daylight saving -5
Regina no daylight saving time	Winnipeg daylight saving time
Regina time difference with	Winnipeg time difference with
New York	New York
Illinois	Illinois
Colorado	Colorado
Arizona	Arizona
California	California
Florida	Florida
Texas	Texas
Hawaii	Hawaii
Alaska	Alaska
vs. local time	vs. local time

Toronto - Ontario	Montreal - Quebec

Toronto Time Zone -5 Daylight saving -4	Montreal Time Zone -5 Daylight saving -4
Toronto daylight saving time	Montreal daylight saving time
Toronto time difference with	Montreal time difference with
New York	New York
Illinois	Illinois
Colorado	Colorado
Arizona	Arizona
California	California
Florida	Florida
Texas	Texas
Hawaii	Hawaii
Alaska	Alaska
vs. local time	vs. local time

Halifax - Nova Scotia	St. John's - N.L

Halifax Time Zone +4 Daylight saving +3	St. John's Time Z. -3:30 Daylight saving -2:30
Halifax daylight saving time	St. John's daylight saving time
Halifax time difference with	St. John's time difference with
New York	New York
Illinois	Illinois
Colorado	Colorado
Arizona	Arizona
California	California
Florida	Florida
Texas	Texas
Hawaii	Hawaii
Alaska	Alaska
vs. local time	vs. local time

Canada time zones with current time map

There are 6 time zones in Canada that spans four and a half hours, ranging from UTC -8 (Pacific) to UTC -3:30 (Atlantic - NL) in standard time. From west to east these time zones are: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic Time (Labrador) and Newfoundland & Labrador (NL). For time zone exceptions, see the enlarged map of Canada

Canada time zones - 24 hour clock format

Pacific time zone	Mountain t. zone
Current Pacific Time	Current Mountain Time

Vancouver (B.Columbia)	Edmonton (Alberta)
CA Pacific Time Zone	CA Mountain Time Z.
PST = standard -8h PDT = daylight -7h	MST = standard -7h MDT = daylight -6h

Central time zone	Eastern time zone
Current Central Time	Current Eastern Time

Winnipeg (Manitoba)	Ottawa ON - Quebec
CA Central Time Zone	CA Eastern Time Z.
CST = standard -6h CDT = daylight -5h	EST = standard -5h EDT = daylight -4h

2 time zones (east of Canada)

Atlantic Time Z.	Newfoundland
Current Atlantic Time	Newfoundland Time

Labrador City	St. John's
AST = standard -4h ADT = daylight -3h	NST = std -3h30 NDT = daylight -2h30
See moore Atlantic Zone	more cities Newfoundland

The letters S (standard) and D (daylight), are the acronyms that show the current period of the time zone.
For example, PST Pacific standard time / PDT Pacific daylight time, plus the symbols that appear next to the clock time

Canada Atlantic Time Zone

Labrador N.L.*	New Brunsbrick T.

Cartwright	Dieppe
Churchill Falls	Fredericton
Happy Vallley-G.Bay	Moncton
Hopedale	Riverview
Labrador City	Saint John
Nain
AST = standard -4h ADT = daylight -3h	AST = standard -4h ADT = daylight -3h

Nova Scotia Time	Prince Edward Island

Amherst	Cornwall
Cape Breton	Charlottetown
Halifax	Montague
New Glasgow	Stratford
Truro	Summerside
AST = standard -4h ADT = daylight -3h	AST= standard -4h ADT = daylight -3h

Quebec - Atlantic*	Quebec - Atlantic*

Cap-aux-Meules	Blanc-Sablon
Magdalen Islands	Kegaska
AST = standard -4h ADT = daylight -3h	AST= standard -4h No daylight saving
more Atlantic time

Newfoundland N.L.*	S.Pierre & Miquelon

Black Tickle
Conception Bay South	Saint Pierre
Corner Brook	Saint Pierre and Miquelon, is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France UTC = standard -3h UTC = daylight -2h
Gander
Grand Falls-Windsor
Mount Pearl
Paradise
St. Anthony
St. John's
NST = std -3h30 NDT = dst -2h30

Daylight Saving Canada

Canadá observes daylight saving time in almost all States, except in most of the province of Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory, Southampton, some cities of Eastern Ontario, and some cities in Quebec on the Atlantic, which do not use Daylight saving time.

Daylight saving time in Canada begins on the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., moving the clock forward 1 hour and returning to winter or standard time on the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m., turning the clock back 1 hour. Canada map.

Canada daylight saving time 2024
Starts + 1h	Ends - 1h
March-10 Sun. 2:00 → 3:00	Nov.-3 Sun. 2:00 → 1:00
2nd Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., Canada turns the clock forward 1 hour	1st Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m., Canada turns the clock back 1 hour
Pacific Time / Mountain Time / Central Time / Eastern Time / Atlantic Time / Newfoundland & Labrador.

The Clock time is updated with the time change, along with the time zone and summer or winter symbols. + info.

Several states in the Eastern US (Central ← Eastern) and Central US (Mountain ← Central), have locations that use the contiguous states time zone.

Central ← Eastern	US Eastern Time (*)
Eastern US States with Central Time

Pensacola ← FL	Florida* +info Miami
Panama City ← FL	Florida* +info Miami
Gary ← IN	Indiana* +info Indianapolis
Evansville ← IN	Indiana* +info Indianapolis
Iron Mountain ← MI	Michigan* +info Detroit
Menominee ← MI	Michigan* +info Detroit
West Kentucky +info	East Kentucky +info
Bowling Green	Frankfort Louisville
Owensboro	Lexington
West Tennessee +inf	East Tennessee +inf
Nashville	Knoxville
Memphis	Chattanooga

Mountain ← Central	US Central Time (*)
Central US states with Mountain Time

Goodland ← KS Syracuse ← KS	Kansas* +info Topeka Wichita
Scottsbluff ← NE Alliance ← NE	Nebraska* +info Lincoln Omaha
Bowman ← ND	North Dakota* +info Bismarck Fargo
Dickinson ← ND	North Dakota* +info Bismarck Fargo
Rapid City ← SD	South Dakota* +info Pierre Sioux Falls
Spearfish ← SD	South Dakota* +info Pierre Sioux Falls
El Paso ← TX Hudspeth Cty ← TX	Texas* +info Austin Houston

*2 time zones *Time change exception

Capital

Most populous city

Capital of the country

US time zones with current time - map

US time zones - 24 hour clock format

Pacific time zone	Mountain t. zone
Current Pacific Time	Current Mountain Time

Los Angeles (CA)	Denver (Colorado)
US Pacific Time Zone	US Mountain Time Z.
PST = standard -8h PDT = daylight -7h	MST = standard -7h MDT = daylight -6h
*Pacific ⇄ Mountain	Arizona Mountain Time
*Shared time zones US Pacific ⇄ US Mountain on enlarged US map
	Arizona Mountain T.
	Phoenix
	MST = standard -7h No daylight saving

Central time zone	Eastern time zone
Current Central Time	Current Eastern Time

Chicago (Illinois)	New York
US Central Time Zone	US Eastern Time Z.
CST = standard -6h CDT = daylight -5h	EST = standard -5h EDT = daylight -4h
*Central US states with 2 time zones	*Eastern US states with 2 time zones

2 US time zones - not contiguous -

Alaska Time Zone	Hawaii Time Zone

Juneau	Honolulu
Alaska Time Zone	Hawaii Time Zone
AKST = standard -9h AKDT = daylight -8h	HST = std -10h No daylight saving

3 US dependencies, no DST

Atlantic time zone

Puerto Rico
US Virgin Islands
AST = standard -4h No daylight saving

American Samoa time

American Samoa
Pago Pago
SST = standard -11h No daylight saving

Chamorro time zone

Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
ChST = standard +10h No daylight saving

The US spans 4 main time zones, from west to east: Pacific Time - Mountain Time - Central Time - Eastern Time.
2 non-contiguous time zones: Alaska Time and Hawaii Islands Time, and 3 US dependencies which none of them use daylight saving time.
* There are 2 more time zones corresponding to US Minor Outlying Islands. more info on wiki
The letters S (standard) and D (daylight), are the acronyms that show the current period of the time zone.
For example, PST Pacific standard time / PDT Pacific daylight time, plus the symbols that appear next to the clock time

Daylight Saving United States

The United States observes daylight saving time in almost all States, except for most of Arizona UTC -7h, and the Hawaiian Islands UTC-10h, which maintains the same time zone throughout the year.

Daylight saving time in US begins on the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., moving the clock forward 1 hour and returning to winter or standard time on the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m., turning the clock back 1 hour. US map.

USA daylight saving time 2024
Starts + 1h	Ends - 1h
March-10 Sun. 2:00 → 3:00	Nov.-3 Sun. 2:00 → 1:00
2nd Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., US turns the clock forward 1 hour	1st Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m., US turns the clock back 1 hour
Pacific Time / Mountain Time / Central Time / Eastern Time

Note: Baja California and the cities bordering Mexico with the US, make the same time change as the United States.

Clocks symbols:

Daylight Saving Time. UTC standard time, or winter time. No Daylight Saving Time throughout the year. 24 hour clock format

Clocks and symbols (daylight saving - winter) are updated in real time as the time changes in different Canada and US time zones.

Canada standard time zones +inf
Pacific -8	Mountain -7	Central -6	Eastern -5
Time Zone	Time Zone	Time Zone	Time Zone
Atlantic time -4		Newfoundland -3:30
Time Zone		Time Zone