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What time is it in Danbury, Connecticut?

8:54:27 AM

Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.

Time zone
Eastern Daylight Time
UTC offset
UTC−4:00
Daylight saving
In force now
Population
88,692

Daylight saving in Danbury

Danbury is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Danbury sits at 41.40°N, 73.48°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Danbury.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Danbury it is highest at 12:45 pm today — 45 minutes after clock noon.

At 73.5°W, Danbury sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Daylight in Danbury today

Sunrise
6:44 am
Sunset
6:46 pm
Day length
12 hours 1 minute
Longest day
15 hours 10 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Danbury, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours, from 15 hours 10 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 11 minutes in December.

At 41.4°N that puts Danbury between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.